#Chicago's #children are getting caught in the chaos of #Trump’s #immigration crackdowns
The 2-year-old boy was so frightened, he stuttered.
“Mommy, mommy, mommy,” he repeated, clinging to her.
His mother, Molly Kucich, had been grocery shopping when her husband called, panicking. She heard “immigration raid.” Then: “tear gas.”
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in reply to Nonilex • • •She abandoned her grocery cart & went as fast as she could to her toddler & his 14-month-old brother, who, on that warm October Friday, were among the hundreds of #Chicago #children caught suddenly in the turmoil of the #Trump admin’s #immigration crackdown.
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in reply to Nonilex • • •Parents, teachers & caregivers have been grappling ever since with how to explain to children what they’d seen: how much to tell them so they know enough to stay safe, but not too much to rob them of their childhood. A toddler shouldn’t know what a #TearGas canister is, Kucich said.
“I don’t know how to explain this to my kids.”
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in reply to Nonilex • • •Suddenly, #TearGas canisters flew from the window of the SUV.
The cloud of gas rose, first white, then green, & the street exploded into pandemonium. Some people ran. Others shouted at agents to leave. Sirens screamed toward them. Parents blew through stop signs & drove on curbs to reach their #children.
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in reply to Nonilex • • •Kucich’s son was a half-block away, having lunch in the window of Luna y Cielo Play Cafe, where #children learn Spanish as they play with pretend food & toy cars. His nanny takes him there most days. He made his best friends at the cafe, & his little brother took his first steps there.
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in reply to Nonilex • • •Owner Vanessa Aguirre-Ávalos ran outside to see what was happening, as the children’s nannies hustled them to a back room. Aguirre-Ávalos is a citizen; the nannies, Hispanic grandmothers, are citizens or are legally allowed to work in the U.S.
Still, they were terrified. One begged Aguirre-Ávalos: If they take me, please make sure the children get home safe.
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in reply to Nonilex • • •The SUV eventually drove away, the cloud of smoke cleared, and parents arrived. “What’s happening?” a girl cried, over and over.
Kucich’s son, who is white, now worries about his nanny, a U.S. citizen from Guatemala. He asks where she is and when she’s coming. He jumps at the sound of sirens. His mother called their pediatrician for a therapist referral.
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in reply to Nonilex • • •Andrea Soria, whose daughter plays at Luna y Cielo, overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: “We have to be good or ICE will get us,” referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“These kids are traumatized,” Aguirre-Ávalos said. “Even if ICE stops doing what they’re doing right now, people are going to be traumatized. The damage is already done.”
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in reply to Nonilex • • •This is why ICE must be loudly and publicly abolished by the next Congress and President.
So that kids know they never will have to fear ICE again.
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