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‘Wendy isn’t here’: Bay Area third graders grieve a classmate’s deportation

Third-grade teacher Diana Ortega was sitting in her school’s lunchroom, scrolling through social media in March when she saw a video of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents forcibly detaining and handcuffing a mother at San Francisco International Airport. Nearby, a young girl with her hair tied with colorful rubber bands watched, crying in anguish. […]

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