I woke up to my alarm, checked the weather, and atop the page in bold red: Breaking- trump targets (school in my area). I’ve already seen my town listed in another article last week because my state has sanctuary cities, I didn’t even know we were one. My son’s school is mostly Spanish speaking folks.
That headline had me in a panic. Especially because the article just said “targeted”. Targeted how? Cutting funding for one town? Sending ICE? Wtf does that mean.
I check my States subreddit (the only place I still lurk) and nothing. I was afraid to send him to school this morning.
Not to mention the shootings that can happen, that’s always in the back of my head, but now this too? I can’t wait until this year is over, and I cannot believe I am beginning to consider homeschooling from fear something could happen to my son in school :(
The not knowing it’s a sanctuary city reminds me that it might not be; their list includes a lot of errors (as always). For instance, someone in Huntington Beach told me it was on the list even though that is one extremely conservative city in So. Cal… It’s probably about as well researched as their tarrifs were.
It is certainly terrible in general being alive in America in 2025, though, and doubly true with kids. I’m not even sure if homeschooling is going to fix that, though. My kids aren’t old enough for K-12, but my family always gets into trouble with authority so it’ll be a bit tricky teaching them how to navigate it all.