"Erin Tobes and Audra Wunder are stay-at-home moms in the suburban Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago. It's a tight-knit community where everyone knows everyone, including the large, diverse population of immigrants and refugees who live there. When President Trump announced that he would send U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to Chicago, Tobes and Wunder met with the principal of their kids' school to find out what they could do to protect students and their families."
"On Oct. 10, agents disappeared three of their community members. Wunder and Tobes sprang into action, asking people in their neighborhood chats to put boots on the ground around campus. "We were able to get over a hundred people to line the streets surrounding our school and the neighboring high school by the end of that day," Tobes told Scary Mommy. It was like a human chain, Wunder added, and the volunteers spotted "so many ICE vehicles in tactical gear" circling the group."
Two stay-at-home moms in Lincoln Square mobilized neighbors to protect immigrant and refugee families after frequent ICE sightings. A school Mutual Aid Committee was formed to coordinate immediate actions. Volunteers quickly assembled over a hundred people to line streets outside schools and deter agents. The effort grew into a roughly 500-member rapid-response group that posts morning and evening patrols, staffs intersections in teams, and issues neighborhood alerts. Community members converge within minutes on reported incidents. Parents and neighbors contributed resources, assembled packets, and maintained ongoing vigilance to safeguard students and residents.
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