In increasingly Hispanic Memphis schools, immigration enforcement surge brings fear, absences
Hundreds of federal and state agents, including from the Tennessee National Guard and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, arrived in Memphis last month. (Austin Johnson / AFP via Getty Images)
Board member Amber Huett-Garcia said multiple high school teachers told her that students “have just stopped showing up.”
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Chalkbeat Tennessee Memphis-Shelby County Schools Amber Huett-GarciaBri Hatch
Bri Hatch covers Memphis-Shelby County Schools for Chalkbeat Tennessee. Hatch spent the past two years in Baltimore covering all-things education for WYPR, the city’s local NPR station, as a Report for America Corps Member.
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