"Ava felt her body go numb. The day before, her coworker-another undocumented woman she cleaned houses with-told her about how she'd seen an ICE van parked behind her while she was taking her lunch break in her car."
"The ICE raids in Chicago that have terrorized immigrant neighborhoods like Ava and Sam's have been both highly performative and extremely random."
"Three days later, ICE agents shot and killed Silverio Villegas González, an undocumented father of two from Mexico who worked as a line cook, and who had no criminal record."
Ava and Sam, a family in Chicago, experience terror from ICE raids affecting their neighborhood. After a warning from their neighbor about nearby ICE vans, they feel paranoid about their safety and the potential separation from their children. Ava's boss agrees to limit her work due to the risks. The raids have been random and performative, with a recent incident involving the shooting of an undocumented father, highlighting the dangers faced by immigrant communities in the area.
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