School districts across Alabama are reporting a large number of Latino students have stopped attending classes since a federal judge upheld Alabama’s new far-reaching immigration law that requires schools to ascertain the immigration status of children. Nearly 2,000 Latino students were absent on Friday—about five percent of the entire Latino population of the state school system. In the single town of Albertville, 123 students have withdrawn from school. Immigrant rights advocates report many pregnant women are now afraid to go to the hospital, and victims of crimes are afraid to call the police. It is not known how many entire families have fled the state over the past week.