Immigrant students experience more bullying as ICE raids cause ‘culture of fear’, says survey

In survey, US school principals describe climate of distress' and declines in student attendance amid crackdowns

Immigrant students across the US have experienced increased bullying, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crackdowns causing declines in attendance and a culture of fear" among immigrant students in public schools, according to a new survey of high school principals.

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles's Institute for Democracy, Education and Access (Idea) conducted a nationally representative" survey of more than 600 principals about the toll of raids and deportations, and how schools were responding.