Even the Playground Isn’t Safe: How Immigration Policies are Harming Our Youngest Children
By Suma Setty, Kaelin Rapport, Emily Rodriguez, and Renato Rocha
Between June and December 2025, CLASP researchers conducted interviews and focus groups with 56 immigrant parents who have children ages six and under, and 67 people who provide services to immigrant families with young children, the majority of whom are child care and early care education providers. Through these conversations, which involved parents and providers from Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Texas, and Washington, a clear picture emerged of just how dangerous the administration’s relentless attacks on immigrants are for individual families, entire communities, job sectors, and local and state economies.
“Even the Playground Isn’t Safe” focuses on the pervasive fear and uncertainty immigrant parents and their young children have been living with since the beginning of Trump’s second term.