As threat of deportation looms, moms at a Little Village church face increased anxiety
CHICAGO - On Saturday, July 13, a 38-year-old mother of three entered a birthday party at New Life Community Church in Little Village with steady tears streaming down her face and no present in hand. Her 11-year-old son followed behind. The four-block walk had felt like 4 miles, yet the relief of being around trusted friends could not silence the thoughts in her head or keep the tears at bay. She apologized for not bringing a gift. A walk to the store was too big a risk and too frightening a task, she explained.
"Normally," she said in Spanish, "I'm not scared of everything that's happening." But Saturday was different. So was Sunday. And the
