After Trump’s deportation blitz rips apart a Chicago-area family, a school official steps up

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date Jan. 28, 2026, 6:01 a.m.
Last Updated Jan. 28, 2026, 6:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2026/01/28/deportation-blitz-immigration-suburban-chicago-family-separation-school-help

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At first, Edith Rivera Courington expected her work with a pair of late enrollees would be routine. “My role is supporting our newcomers,” says Rivera Courington, assistant superintendent for English learners in a suburban school district that covers Westmont. “We get to know who they are, where th...