From Where We Are

LAUSD enrollment declines as immigration raids spread across L.A.

(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Enrollment in LAUSD continues to decline as federal immigration raids ramp up across Los Angeles. Nearly two hundred people have been detained since June, and district data shows thousands of students not returning to school this fall. USC Professor Maria Ott says, fear of family separation is driving families out of classrooms, despite LAUSD’s long-standing sanctuary policies.