Across the U.S., Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are upending life in large cities, small towns, and rural communities by staging dramatic raids and rounding up hundreds of people in a single day.
These worksite raids fracture families, devastate local economies, and spread fear and trauma that lingers for years. Yet in the wake of these devastating raids, immigrant communities exhibit resistance, resilience, creativity, and an extraordinary determination to rebuild.
In this Iowa City Foreign Relations Council program, author Bill Lopez and Alejandra Escobar discuss his new book, Raiding the Heartland: An American Story of Deportation and Resistance.
This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.