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Low birth rates were emptying public schools . ICE deportations are now making it worse

Reported bynpr.orgBy Brian Mann

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Kelly Gonez, a longtime school board member in the Los Angeles Unified School District, says public school enrollment declines worsened after ICE raids escalated in the city in 2025. District officials say low birth rates and the loss of immigrant children in classrooms mean school campuses will likely have to close.
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