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Where are my parents? School on standby to help children in aftermath of ICE raids


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SOURCE: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/08/ice-raids-mississippi-undocumented-workers-arrested-kids-worry/1952572001/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=amp&utm_campaign=speakable
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Wednesday, while the child was at school, their parent was arrested by federal agents, one of 680 people taken into custody after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted seven raids at food processing plants across Mississippi.Superintendent Tony McGee said, as of Wednesday afternoon, he knew of at least six families within the district that had a parent caught up in the raids. "We're going to make sure our kids are taken care of first."McGee said the district has "tried everything we can to try to reach out to parents and reassure them that school is a safe place."Bryan Cox, ICE spokesperson, said he did not immediately know how many of the people detained in the raid had children at home.

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