Illinois mom covers 250-mile distance to reunite formerly detained immigrants with their Chicago families: ‘They deserve to know somebody cares’

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date Dec. 14, 2025, 6:01 a.m.
Last Updated Dec. 14, 2025, 6:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/14/illinois-mom-volunteer-ice-detainees-michigan/

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It’s pitch-black and frigid in the parking lot of an Italian restaurant in Michigan City, Indiana, by the time a small group of volunteers and immigrants gather in a circle, arms resting on each other’s shoulders and heads bent in prayer. A pastor tells three Chicago-area men, who just hours ago ha...