Gary mom thankful to be back with children after immigration raid: ‘I didn’t know if I was going to see them again’

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date Nov. 29, 2025, 8:01 a.m.
Last Updated Nov. 29, 2025, 8:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/29/gary-mom-thankful-to-be-back-with-children-after-immigration-raid-i-didnt-know-if-i-was-going-to-see-them-again/

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When Martha Ruiz returned to her Gary home on Nov. 13 after a couple of weeks in ICE custody in El Paso, she was ecstatic to see her children. “When I left them back at the jail, I didn’t know if I was going to see them again,” said Ruiz, 57. Her husband, Rosario Carrillo Lopez, who built fences, ...