Students born outside of the U.S. were less likely to show up for school in the months following the inauguration of President Donald Trump in 2025 — and the likelihood of student absences increased further if there was an immigration enforcement event in the community, according to research presented in a webinar by the Annenberg Institute at Brown University last week.
"These large increases are perhaps not surprising given the large increase in the immigration enforcement itself," said Andrew Camp, senior research associate at the Annenberg Institute and lead researcher of the study published in April, during the June 17 webinar. "So this does tell us that students are responding in real time to ICE activity in their communities."