Author: Megan Jamerson

City officials in Los Angeles are taking new measures to try and ensure that families without legal status feel safe getting their kids to school, after a summer of federal immigration raids. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: More than half a million students are headed back to the classroom in Los Angeles this week. But the mood is very different in the nation’s second largest school district, following a summer of intense federal immigration enforcement. Megan Jamerson from member station KCRW reports.MEGAN JAMERSON, BYLINE: In January, the Department of Homeland Security changed its policies to allow enforcement actions in places like schools…