Grim result of the ICE raids: Mothers taken from their children

The workers--who were employed by a contractor for UPS--were imprisoned for a week at a Tacoma detention center before an undisclosed number were deported. The others are expected to appear before a judge, with more deportations expected.

The three mothers were kept away from their children--without any contact--for at least a week. Now, they are jobless, and faced with legal fees already amounting to $25,000.

But the community response to this raid was immediate, and has been growing.

An emergency protest was called just days after the raid, and took place outside the detention center gates. Though vastly outnumbered by armed guards in riot gear, the protesters made a ruckus that could be heard in the back of the building where the detainees were being kept. According to Erica, some detainees even started chanting along with the protesters outside.

Last weekend, a fundraiser was held at St. Mary’s in Seattle’s Central District by El Comité Pro-Amnistía General y Justicia Social. Over the course of the two-hour event, $4,000 was raised to help offset the legal debts of the three women.

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