Fear, stress, and trauma invoked by the threat of ICE detention and deportation contribute to increased absenteeism, decreased student achievement, and parent disengagement. Schools Under Siege highlights the work of teachers, counselors, and administrators who are addressing these day-to-day challenges in support of students and families. The book charts a course into a future that makes good on the promise of equitable education for all students.

"In this timely book, Patricia Gándara and Jongyeon Ee provide a series of informative studies addressing the impact of immigration policies on American public schools. In Schools Under Siege, Gándara pursues and fulfills her long-standing commitment to address the plight of underserved immigrant students and the schools that they attend."
--Alejandro Portes, Professor of Law and Distinguished Scholar of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami

"This book is for everyone who cares about equity. Gándara and Ee use groundbreaking survey work to show how weaponized immigration enforcement reaches far beyond our borders to harm American children and undermine our nation's schools. In Méndez vs. Westminster, the court ruled social equality is paramount to the American public school system. Eighty years later, this book is a stark reminder we have yet to achieve it."
--Emily Ruskin, Senior Immigration Policy Analyst, UnidosUS

Patricia Gándara is a research professor and codirector of the Civil Rights Project at the University of California, Los Angeles, and director of education for the University of California-Mexico Initiative. Jongyeon Ee is an assistant professor at the School of Education at Loyola Marymount University.

Contributors
Thomas S. Dee
Rachel Freeman
Leyda W. Garcia
Karen Hunter Quartz
Patricia Martín
Marco A. Murillo
Mark Murphy
Nina Rabin
Shena Sanchez