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High school bullying is up, attendance down as ICE raids sow ‘climate of distress,’ study says

Students arrive on the first day of school at Maya Angelou High School in August. (Carlin Stiehl/Los Angeles Times)

High school principals across California and nationwide say raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement have provoked a “climate of distress” among immigrant students who have been bullied on campus and whose attendance has dropped, according to a study released Tuesday.

Seventy percent of public high school principals surveyed said students from immigrant families expressed fears for themselves or their families because of ICE crackdowns or political rhetoric related to immigrants, according to the report by researchers at UCLA and UC Riverside.

Click here to read the full story on the LA Times.

Jass Stewart, [email protected]

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