Durham Schools See 30% Absence Due to Border Patrol

School attendance in Durham, North Carolina, plummets by nearly thirty percent amidst increased Border Patrol enforcement operations. Over nine thousand students absent on Wednesday, with a sixty-eight percent increase in absences between Monday and Tuesday. Community groups and students organize rallies and support teams, while Durham School of the Arts students hold a protest on Thursday. Similar attendance drops observed in Charlotte. DNN | The Daily News Now! The world’s first global local news network. Every city. Every story. AI powered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.