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Idaho: Council staff working with Idaho migrant kids feel unsafe. After El Paso, they’re taking precaution BY NICOLE FOY AUGUST 20, 2019 12:29 PM, UPDATED 16 MINUTES AGO Presidential candidate and former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke called for a confrontation of hatred after a mass shooting at a shopping center in his hometown, El Paso, Texas. And Gov. Greg Abbott called the tragedy that left 20 dead a hate crime.BY ALEXA ARD The Community Council of Idaho plans to remove and conceal signage on buses they use to transport local children of farmworkers and Head Start participants. A Caldwell bus driver reported threatening incidents with other motorists that made her feel unsafe as she transporting children younger 5. “It’s really heartbreaking, because they’re children,” said Sonnay Alvarez, spokeswoman for the Community Council of Idaho. The council runs 10 Head Start centers for children of migrant workers across the state. “They don’t understand what hate is,” she said. 00:24 / 00:30Council staff working with Idaho migrant kids feelunsafe. After El Paso, they’re taking precaution Each bus transports eight to 12 kids from their homes to the center. The staff said they assume the buses draw attention because they’re labeled “Migrant and Seasonal Head Start” — and people may think that migrant means undocumented. “Migrant doesn’t necessarily mean ‘illegal,’” Alvarez told the Statesman. “Migrant means people move in search of work, which is what our program is. We have people who might move from East Idaho to Caldwell because of the work that they’re in.” The council provides a range of services and support to farmworkers and Latinos in rural Idaho, as well as their children. The council was founded in 1971 and is the largest nonprofit serving Latinos in Idaho. Roughly 800 children every year attend the Community Council of Idaho’s Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs. Head Start is a federally funded early childhood education programfor low-income children, but Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs like the Community Council of Idaho’s are specifically for low-income children whose families are migrants or work in agricultural jobs. The reports were scary and disheartening for Community Council of Idaho staff, even before a man was charged with killing 22 people with an AK-47-style assault rifle in an El Paso, Texas, Walmart. The alleged shooter later told police that he was trying to kill “Mexicans,” The Washington Post reported. But after the shooting, staff saw the harassment in a far more sinister light. In addition to obscuring the words “migrant” on their buses, several Head Start centers are planning to add security cameras, tint windows and block playgrounds from the sight of passers-by. Alvarez said the staff also hopes to work with local law enforcement, although they haven’t passed the reports onto police yet. Spokesman Joe Decker confirmed that no one reported local incidents to the Canyon County Sheriff’s Office. Margie Gonzalez, the executive director of the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs, said this isn’t the first time she’s heard of things like this happening in Idaho, but it was jarring in the wake of national events. “We’d be a little crazy to believe it doesn’t exist,” Gonzalez said. “Regardless of whether they are children or adults, I think that type of behavior is not OK. It’s something that is here. I feel bad for the families and children that it is affecting personally. You never know what that could lead to.” Staff aren’t sure yet how much it will cost to conceal the signs on the buses, particularly the word “migrant.” Casa de Colores, the Head Start center in Caldwell, has three buses. The Emiliano Zapata Migrant Head Start Day Care in Burley won a $5,000 grant to install security cameras, but tinting windows would cost about $3,000 for each center. Alvarez said the reports rattled staff so much that there were brief discussions about renaming their programs entirely. “But that’s the name of the program,” Alvarez said. “People just shouldn’t be offensive to our buses or our kids. For now, we are going to cover it up.” Gonzalez said it’s important that Idaho leaders address these issues publicly, making it clear that hate and discrimination are unwelcome in Idaho. She said the commission’s board is planning a meeting with Idaho Gov. Brad Little next month, and that will be one of the main things they ask him. “In people’s eyes, we are all undocumented,” Gonzalez said. “If we’re brown skinned and have dark hair, we are all undocumented. It’s just the way society is right now. Whether we were born here or not.” idahostatesman.com They should be worried because of Trump's disciples: