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After parents of undocumented students feared disclosure, absences followed and teachers struggled to teach. A daylong conference, organized by the Hammond Teachers Federation and partners, brought educators, families, and community organizations together to support Latino students, strengthen collaboration, and counter fear with action and partnership.","You Are Welcome Here  \nReassuring Immigrant Students and Families in Northwest Indiana  \nThe photos in this article are from “Educating Students and the Community in an Age of Immigration Uncertainty,” a daylong conference held in August and sponsored by the Hammond Teachers Federation, the Hammond school district, and more than 40 organizations.  \nBy Jennifer Dubin  \nW  \nords can inspire hope or they can instill fear. Speaking atthe third and final presidential debate in October 2016, Donald Trump chose fear.“We’re going to secure the border, and once the border is secured at  \nPHOTOGRAPHS BY ADAM DERSTINE, ILLUSTRATIONS BY JING JING TSONG  \na later date, we’ll make a determination as to the rest,” he said.“But we have some bad hombres here, and we’re going to get them out.”1  \nShortly after Trump became president, a dozen seniors in a U.S. government class at George Rogers Clark High School in the Hammond, Indiana, school district rode a bus 160 miles south to Indianapolis, where they met with their state representatives and senators, observed committee hearings from the balcony of the General Assembly, and participated in a rally to support public education.  \nJennifer Dubin is the managing editor of American Educator. Previously, she was a journalist with the Chronicle of Higher Education. To read more of her work, visit American Educator’s author [index at www.aft.org/ae/](index at www.aft.org/ae/)[ ](index at www.aft.org/ae/)[author-index.](author-index.)  \nKyle Kwasny, their teacher and chaperone, recalls that the field trip went well and that students learned a great deal. But another 10 students who had expressed interest in attending didn’t show up. The next day, Kwasny asked them what had happened. The students told him their parents were afraid to sign the permissionslips.“Why?” he asked. Because their parents were undocumented immigrants, they said.  \nAt the time, Trump had been president for less than two months. Cities nationwide were experiencing stepped up immigration enforcement, and Hammond was no different.  \nAbout 25 miles from downtown Chicago, the city of Hammond is one of 19 municipalities that constitute Lake County in northwest Indiana. The northern part of the county, where the Hammond schools are located, is home to a growing Hispanic population that has become increasingly fearful, given the nativist rhetoric emanating from the White House.  \nIn January 2017, one week after taking office, Trump issued an executive order giving immigration agents greater leeway in enforcing federal laws and deporting undocumented immigrants.2 In February, news accounts reported a surge in immigration raidsin California, Kansas, New York, North Carolina, Texas,  \n4 AMERICAN EDUCATOR | WINTER 2017–2018  \nand Virginia, resulting in hundreds of arrests.3 Raids also took place in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Wisconsin. In Indiana, 52 arrests were reported.4  \nIn March, video of a teenage girl sobbing as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested her father on the way to school in Los Angeles went viral.5 Throughout the summer, other harrowing stories continued to make headlines, including one of an undocumented high school student arrested by ICE days before graduation,6 and another of two undocumented brothers, both standout high school soccer players, who were deported after one of the boys voluntarily checked in with immigration officialsto report that he had won a college scholarship and would be relocating.7  \nin August, the HTF partnered with the Hammond school district and more than 40 organizations to hold “Educating Students and the Community in an Age of Immigration Uncertainty.” The daylong event at Morton High School in Hammond was a success; more than 400 people attended.  \nThe HTF, with its 950 members, is among the smaller AFT locals. 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