Los Angeles students and teachers return to class for the new academic year Thursday under a cloud of apprehension after a summer filled with immigration raids and amid worries schools could become a target in the Trump administration’s aggressive crackdown.

Myriam Maya, who moved to Central Falls from Colombia 25 years ago, said the immigration crackdown is frightening people more than the pandemic, which ravaged this small city.

Los Angeles area students are returning to class under a cloud of apprehension after a summer of immigration raids and amid worries that schools could become a target in the Trump administration’s agg