The Chaos of an ICE Detention

At 8 in the morning on January 27th, ICE agents arrested Ivan — an immigrant from Ecuador — while he was on his way to work at a roofing contractor in Queens. Before agents took his phone away, he managed to text his wife Manuela that he had been picked up by ICE. He begged her to find help. But Manuela, poor, barely literate, and caring for her and Ivan's three-year-old daughter, was unable to navigate the system.