In an article at the Tennessean and a post at Hispanic Nashville, they’re discussing the fallout from immigration raids in the Springfield area back in December. They’re discussing the children, most of whom are U.S. citizens because they were born here. Since the raids, truancy is up 11% in Robertson County and the schools are still responsible for boosting the test scores of those children.

Given that their parents may be afraid of being deported, or may have moved to other areas or states if they no longer have jobs, some of those kids may not come back to school and, if their parents were the ones who were caught, they may have gone back to Mexico with their parents. But they’re our citizens, by law, so they can come back any time they want whether they ever got an education or not.

From the Tennessean:

Robertson County and Metro Nashville became the first school districts in Tennessee last year to move into so-called “corrective action” status under the federal No Child Left Behind education law. Both failed to educate groups of students - such as English-language learners and those with special needs - four years in a row. They must demonstrate continued progress on achievement tests, starting this spring, to get off the list.