# @chattanooga on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYSXEATExdk
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65524270-chattanooga-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-13T17:16:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Chattanooga Times Free Press (@chattanooga) — https://gondola.cc/chattanooga

## Caption

When Giselle Palmer assigned her fourth graders at East Side Elementary a research project recently, several students chose to focus on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other immigration related topics.

As they delivered their speeches about what they imagined the world would be like if people didn't have to worry about ICE, she said, the students would say things like: They could go to the park or shopping and not be worried and think they have to stay home all the time.

"A lot of kids are afraid of what could happen to their family and family members, and they definitely know more than a kid that age should have to be worrying about, in my opinion," she said by phone. "It is something that has been on kids' minds a lot."

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✍️: Shannon Coan
📸: Matt Hamilton

#kids #schools #afraid #enrollment

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