A protester waves a flag during a demonstration outside of Los Angeles City Hall to demonstrate for immigration rights on February 5, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. But when the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants without legal status in the United States hit close to home, nabbing an employee of the bakery near him, an unsettling uncertainty set in around his Southside neighborhood. In Texas, an 11-year-old girl died by suicide in early February after being taunted in school about her family’s immigration status. He emphasized that Plyler v. Doe, a 1982 landmark case ensuring equal access to education for undocumented children, remains in place. A 2020-21 Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT, she has written for various publications, including the Washington Post, Undark Magazine, The Atlantic and Audubon Magazine.