It’s Perhaps the Most Special Kind of Bond Between Human Beings. Well, Not if ICE Has Its Way.

But the rest, and especially those from immigrant families, are also decisively affected, even seemingly less intensely so. The 6-year-old who tells her brother, “We have to be good or ICE will get us.” These children are not living in a war zone overseas. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAs parents are detained, threatened, or disappeared, children absorb the violence in ways that are profound but often invisible. AdvertisementOur families know that even with diminished ICE presence and press in Chicago, the threat continues. Children across the cities that ICE occupies—across the country—learn that safety is temporary, relationships are fragile, and authority is something to fear.