Oak Brook resident helps immigrant families still living in fear after Operation Midway Blitz

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date April 30, 2026, 1:02 p.m.
Last Updated April 30, 2026, 1:02 p.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2026/04/30/nonprofit-mano-a-mano-unidos-patty-gamboa-immigrant-families-operation-midway-blitz

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When videos emerged of immigrant men running from federal immigration agents last fall, Patricia Gamboa was flooded with memories of fleeing agents herself as a little girl. Gamboa was 6 when she and her family crossed the border from Tijuana into California in the mid-1980s, guided by a “coyote” w...