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Her classroom isn’t as full as it was at the start of the school year. Among 42 total enrolled students in two classes, seven students have stopped showing up since September. The empty seats are a stark reminder of the Trump administration’s intensive immigration deportation campaign.

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Kids in the class know why some of the students have left, Landry said, even if they don’t understand the broader context.

In one case, Landry said a student peeled off the name tag of a classmate following the winter recess, saying her friend had gone to Brazil.

“All the kids were just silent for a few minutes,” Landry said. “I was just really kind of humbled by how somber and seriously they took the situation. I’ve been teaching kindergarten for seven years and I have never seen them quite so empathetic.”