'We call it the walking bus': How kids are getting to school amid ICE operations
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Community members in cities with increased ICE operations are organizing group walks to escort children to school as a safety measure.
How This Affects You
Immigrant families with school-age children in enforcement-active areas face heightened anxiety about ICE encounters during routine activities like school transit.
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In cities experiencing increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, community members are organizing group walks to escort children to school—a practice they've dubbed "the walking bus." The arrangement emerged as a safety measure in response to heightened ICE enforcement activity in these areas. Parents and neighbors coordinate to accompany students as a group, reducing the risk that individual children traveling alone might encounter immigration agents. This collective approach reflects growing anxiety among immigrant families about ICE operations and represents a direct community response to federal enforcement activity in their neighborhoods.
What's Being Done
Parents and neighbors are coordinating group school escorts, though no formal policy responses from local or federal authorities are mentioned.
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