Mounting Fear of ICE Disrupts Early Childhood Education Centers

Apr 21

“Child care is like a sort of invisible net holding up the whole economy,” said Sarah Siegel Muncey, President and Co-Founder at Neighborhood Villages. “Most early childhood education teachers are women of color and many come from immigrant families. Most are mothers and grandmothers, and the rumors and fear of ICE are a new normal for many families.”

Published in The Boston Globe on April 16, 2026