Liam Ramos, 5, isn’t the only child in detention. Teachers and parents describe kids being hunted by federal agents.

School leaders are caught in the middle of this, trying to keep providing kids with a safe space to learn as their friends disappear and children cry about not knowing whether their parents will be home when they get off the bus.

Even Zena Stendvik, the superintendent of the Columbia Heights public school district, often patrols outside with parents and staff.

“I stopped wearing my high heels to work,” Stendvik told HuffPost. “I wear my boots to work, because I have had to run out onto a corner or into the back of the high school.”

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    The other day I there was a request for rapid response by my work. When I got there, several school buses were idling in the street, with parents lined up to meet them, for like 25 minutes. School policy is that kids stay on the bus until ICE has left the area.

    There was an SUV with 3 masked up agents just sitting there, heckling observers. They said, “If you guys would leave us alone, we could do our job.” I said, “Oh yeah? What’s your job?” and they said, “Catching the criminal illegal aliens and pedophile predators. Don’t you want us to protect the kids?” These smug fucks spend their weekday afternoons looming around bus stops, and if they miss a chance to snatch someone, they’ll settle for scaring little kids. The worst of the worst. There were about 50 parents, teachers and neighbors at the intersection by the time they gave up and left.

    They’re not winning the war, but they’re laying siege against our time, money and mental bandwidth. It’s exhausting.

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      “Catching the criminal illegal aliens and pedophile predators. Don’t you want us to protect the kids?”

      Oh. Ok. So, can you show me the signed warrants that you have that prove you have cause to circle schools? How many pedophile predators have you caught that are white citizens or do you only look for ones with a darker shade? Have you caught the one in the big White House yet? There have been a whole slew of files provided the public on that one! Why can’t you all stop the shooters who hit up schools? Many are reported to the FBI before it even happens…

      How do we know you aren’t pedophiles? What’s your name and badge number so that we can verify that you are who you say you are.

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        Have they looked in the mirror? Because they’re the strangers hanging around the school watching the children and thinking about taking them.

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      Catching the criminal illegal aliens and pedophile predators. Don’t you want us to protect the kids?

      There’s one in the white house, running ruining the country, but they’re obviously fine with it.

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    Not surprised at all that the chomo-in-chief as become the kidnapper-in-chief.

    Where are all those QNuts? What happened to all those nutters? This is the real Pizzagate, you fucking assholes.

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    i bet those government pedophile gestapo agents sure are.

    there zero shot these agents arent raping children in these facilities.

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      They are, there is an article on it but I honestly can’t look it up without getting triggered. They are raping women too, have been reports consistently since 2007

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    Is it time for the left to embrace home schooling? We can’t have people legally required to come to a place where they are not safe. That’s unethical.

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      Minneapolis Public Schools has been offering a remote option since Jan. 9th, and nearby districts have done the same or are discussing it. It’s safer but presents the same issues as the pandemic, i.e. strain on teachers and requiring a parent to be home with the kids.

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    Surprised there isn’t at least one sharpshooter in the area that could pick off a couple of these people from a safe distance.