Calls are exploding to immigration hotlines and legal aid organizations as the Trump administration's ruthless crackdown on undocumented immigrants intensifies. Families are cowed by terror, and communities are on edge by the escalating raids. With reports of arbitrary arrests spreading rapidly, the human cost of Trump's {unyielding immigration policy is starkly apparent.
- The number of deportations has reached a record high.
- Advocates warn that the Trump administration's policies are driving people into hiding.
In the void left by ICE's policies, phone calls become here a beacon of hope, a fragile thread connecting hearts that yearn to be together. But their brevity is a constant consequence of the system’s cruelty.