A mother’s way home: How a church community sustained a Chicago-area family through ICE detention

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date Jan. 25, 2026, 6 a.m.
Last Updated Jan. 25, 2026, 6 a.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/25/mother-detained-ice-church-community-help/

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Before choir practice on a Saturday morning, Marina Lopez rushed her three children to get ready. They were running late. “ _ Andenles, ya apaguen la tele y ponganse la chamarra. _ Hurry, turn off the TV, put on your jacket,” she told them. Her youngest daughter, Sofia, ran toward her mother so ...