Teachers Navigate Immigration Crisis as Students Face ICE Detention

Four students detained and separated from their community; one deported with family; detained students reported poor conditions including contaminated food, mold, and inadequate water; widespread fear causing students to avoid school.

In Detroit and across the United States, teachers are being called to a form of care that no credential prepared them for — becoming legal advocates, emotional anchors, and witnesses to the displacement of their own students. Kristen Schoettle, an ESL teacher at Western International High School, spent months as the primary lifeline for four students detained by ICE and held 1,500 miles away in a Texas family detention center. Her story reflects a broader reckoning in American education: when institutions fracture, it is often teachers who stand in the breach — not because it is their job, but

Teachers Navigate Immigration Crisis as Students Face ICE Detention

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