{"id":33911,"date":"2026-07-30T10:04:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=33911"},"modified":"2026-07-30T11:57:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T16:57:23","slug":"how-a-rapid-response-group-works-with-tow-truckers-to-protect-immigrants-detained-by-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/07\/30\/how-a-rapid-response-group-works-with-tow-truckers-to-protect-immigrants-detained-by-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE Arrests Are Leaving Some Immigrant Families\u2019 Cars Behind. These Volunteers Are Stepping In To Help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6a6bcc0ae028c\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-2-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><i>Editor\u2019s note [07\/30]: *Maritza has chosen to use a pseudonym to protect her safety and privacy. For questions, please contact us at <span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"mailto:info@borderlessmag.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-haspopup=\"menu\">info@borderlessmag.org.<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Maritza found the white SUV last year, the engine was still running. She could hear the loud music spilling out onto the street in Chicago\u2019s Avondale neighborhood.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just moments earlier, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents had arrested the car\u2019s owner, taking him away after he dropped his child off at school.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The agents left the car, however. And that\u2019s when Maritza, a rapid responder with the Northwest Side Rapid Response Team, went to work.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6a6bcc0ae11aa\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: ##FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,##FFFFFF 0%,##FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_6a6bcc0ae1771\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h3 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>News that puts power under the spotlight and communities at the center.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Sign up for our free newsletter and get updates twice a week. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inside the SUV, Maritza found a stack of papers next to a child\u2019s car seat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt felt very sacred, because he was just doing something that all of us do, \u201d said Maritza, who asked to use a pseudonym to protect her identity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flipping through the papers in the backseat, Maritza pieced together a name and address for the arrested man and drove the car back to his home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His wife \u2014 who had been speaking to her husband on the phone during his arrest \u2014 was preparing for her own court appearance that morning. She was grateful that the car was returned safely to the family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s the kind of moment that\u2019s become routine for the Northwest Side Rapid Response Team, a volunteer group of more than 200 residents mobilizing when their neighbors are detained by federal immigration agents in Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of its efforts, the Northwest Side Rapid Response Team has formed partnerships with tow truck drivers across Chicago to safeguard the belongings of detainees who had to abandon their vehicles and ease the financial burden of towing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe see the mental toll it takes on everyone,\u201d Maritza said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than six months since the peak of Operation Midway Blitz, the mental and financial toll lingers for families still reeling from ICE\u2019s enforcement in Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap \" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"none\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"none\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026_07_30_TowTruckAid_Maritza_MH.jpg\" alt=\"Maritza places her hand on forms and signs handed out by rapid responders and multiple organizations.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026_07_30_TowTruckAid_Maritza_MH.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026_07_30_TowTruckAid_Maritza_MH-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026_07_30_TowTruckAid_Maritza_MH-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026_07_30_TowTruckAid_Maritza_MH-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026_07_30_TowTruckAid_Maritza_MH-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026_07_30_TowTruckAid_Maritza_MH-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026_07_30_TowTruckAid_Maritza_MH-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026_07_30_TowTruckAid_Maritza_MH-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026_07_30_TowTruckAid_Maritza_MH-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026_07_30_TowTruckAid_Maritza_MH-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026_07_30_TowTruckAid_Maritza_MH-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026_07_30_TowTruckAid_Maritza_MH-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Maritza shows off forms and signs handed out by rapid responders and multiple organizations. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Max Herman\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6a6bcc0ae3815\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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About 85% of those arrested by ICE had no criminal convictions, according to an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ilac.illinois.gov\/content\/dam\/soi\/en\/web\/ilac\/documents\/final-report\/IAC-Final-Report-April-2026.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illinois Accountability Commission analysis.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As ICE arrests increased last fall in the Chicagoland area, community groups noticed a pattern of encounters involving people being detained during their daily routines, including commutes to work and school drop-offs \u2014\u00a0sometimes turning deadly.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2025\/10\/21\/immigration-agents-trump-ice-fatal-shooting-silverio-villegas-gonzalez-franklin-park-chicago\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In September,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 38-year-old Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez was pulled over by agents in Franklin Park, and later shot and killed before the car he was driving crashed into a truck.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In October, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2026\/02\/23\/trump-immigration-voluntary-departure-mexico-operation-midway-blitz\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaime, a father of four was<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> arrested after agents followed his car into his condo parking lot in suburban Chicago, according to Borderless\u2019s previous reporting.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In July, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/what-to-know-about-the-fatal-shooting-of-lorenzo-salgado-araujo-by-ice\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lorenzo Salgado Araujo,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> an immigrant from Mexico, was shot and killed in his vehicle by an ICE officer in Houston while driving his construction crew to a job site.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jessica Vasquez, a co-chair of the Northwest Side Rapid Response Team and a Cook County Commissioner of the 8th District, said the network realized they needed to find ways to help get detained individuals\u2019 cars back to their families after they were detained in or near their vehicles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen the first instance occurred, we just started putting two and two together,\u201d Vasquez said. \u201cWe knew this was going to be a tactic that they were going to continue to use.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an effort to retrieve abandoned vehicles and safeguard personal belongings, the informal partnership between tow truck drivers and the rapid response group began, with drivers volunteering their time and services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_6a6bcc0ae42bb\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid flex_gap_desktop_10px \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black 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class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/06\/02\/illinois-passed-a-law-to-keep-ice-out-of-courthouses-its-not-working\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026.05.28_CourthouseArrests_Tsao_MH_01-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fred Tsao with the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) stands in front of a large group of advocates outside the Cook County Domestic Violence Courthouse during a press conference.\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/06\/02\/illinois-passed-a-law-to-keep-ice-out-of-courthouses-its-not-working\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Illinois Passed a Law to Keep ICE Out of Courthouses. It\u2019s Not Working.<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/katrina\/\" title=\"View all posts by Katrina Pham\">Katrina Pham<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/06\/02\/illinois-passed-a-law-to-keep-ice-out-of-courthouses-its-not-working\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">junio 2, 2026<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For most of these volunteers and tow truck drivers, this work was personal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA lot of them come from our community,\u201d Vasquez said. \u201cThey see what\u2019s happening, and they are sympathetic.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of the drivers are immigrants themselves, or business owners with ties to immigrant communities. When rapid responders arrive at a scene, they search the car for paperwork, canvas the neighborhood door-to-door, and try to locate the owner&#8217;s family. If a car needs to be moved, a trusted driver gets the call.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Responders, in some cases, are the first to tell a family that their relative has been detained,\u00a0 according to Vasquez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Sometimes families find out because we&#8217;re contacting them,&#8221; Vasquez said, &#8220;asking if they&#8217;re aware of what happened and if we could bring their vehicle to them.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Partnerships like these have enabled support beyond simply retrieving vehicles and returning them to their owners. In some cases, the rapid response group has been able to determine where someone was sent by speaking with elected officials.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vasquez says this process has helped them better advocate for a person\u2019s release, especially when detainees are sent to ICE facilities outside of Illinois.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are able to confirm that an individual is apprehended, we\u2019re able to understand why they were apprehended, and we\u2019re able to connect the family and attorney to advocate for their release and monitor where they\u2019re going if they\u2019re not released,\u201d Vasquez said.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"the-mental-and-financial-toll\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mental and financial toll\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A tow in Chicago can cost <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insureonthespot.com\/towing-cost-chicago\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">between $100 to $250 or more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, depending on the type of vehicle, the distance of the tow and the time of day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But for families navigating a detention, that&#8217;s rarely where the financial strain ends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Immigration bonds alone can reach $100,000 under the current administration, according to Lupe Perez, board president of the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund (MIBF). The bond must be paid in full before someone is released. Then, there&#8217;s the cost of a flight home if they&#8217;re sent to another state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When an individual has been detained for weeks or months, they risk losing their job.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf they are a primary breadwinner, we\u2019re talking about lost wages, utility, rent that the family has had to come up with,\u201d Perez said. \u201cIf they were detained in their vehicle and their vehicle gets towed, they need to come up with towing costs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These costs add up, Perez said, especially for detainees <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2026\/05\/26\/detained-out-of-state-chicago-immigrants-rely-on-strangers-to-find-their-way-back-home\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">released out of state<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who may have to cover the cost of a flight home and replace documents \u2014 such as Employment Authorization Documentation or a Social Security Card \u2014 that ICE often doesn\u2019t return after they\u2019re released. She said replacement documents can often cost anywhere between $400 to $600.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe family is unable to recoup that,\u201d Perez said. \u201cCosts [are] associated with arrest, legal representation, just being a primary breadwinner, and costs associated with detention.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One 2016 study from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/233150241700500101\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Journal on Migration and Human Security<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found that when an undocumented resident is detained, their household\u2019s income could fall by around 47%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maritza echoed the ripple effects they\u2019ve witnessed on the financial burden on families when someone is detained and ultimately deported.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s pretty heart-wrenching,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For some, situations like these can be mentally strenuous. 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Her brother who is a legal permanent resident in the U.S., was denied entry to the U.S. back in September and is currently living in Ireland. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Max Herman\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6a6bcc0ae891c\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O\u2019Connor says that due to the age of the car, it typically must be jumped each time she needs to move it, and she has received several tickets and fines over the last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She notes that, as someone who works in an alderman\u2019s office, she has an understanding of these ordinances and the resources to move the car when need be. But others do not.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur office has had so many instances where people are really struggling and it is important for us as a community that we aren\u2019t nickling and diming working folks and people who are trying to get by day by day,\u201d she said. \u201cThere really should be something in place that allows leniency in times of extreme hardship.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"a-drive-to-change-policy\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A drive to change policy<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elected officials have also taken notice. Some have been considering how to use city resources to alleviate the hardship caused by people being detained and their cars being abandoned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In February, Alderman Andre Vasquez (40th) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net\/matterattachmentspublic\/e5b4f0fd-2762-420d-80a2-c9255f5a833a.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">introduced a bill<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the City Council aimed at providing relief for abandoned vehicles of those who are detained by immigration enforcement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pooja Ravindran, the chief of staff of the Chicago Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights (CIRR), said the bill would ban towing fees for instances in which immigration officials brake-check other cars or detain individuals and leave their cars abandoned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf the person is detained or their loved ones cannot drive a car or does not have a license, the car really can\u2019t be moved,\u201d Ravindran said. \u201cWhat would it look like for the city to proactively use its towing authority to tow a car that has been impacted by this and store it for a period of time, and when a person can collect it, they don\u2019t have to pay fees?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CIRR is currently in talks with various city departments, including the Department of Streets and Sanitation and the Chicago Police Department, as well as other local elected officials and organizations, to garner support for the bill, which Ravindran says would be a practical way for the city to use its resources to help. Still, the bill has more hoops to jump through over the next several months before being enacted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis is something that could practically have an effect on people and making sure they don\u2019t lose their assets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even with support, it may take several months for the bill to be enacted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the meantime, Maritza says the Northwest Side Rapid Response Team will continue to support immigrant families.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI do this work as a part of healing myself and understanding that I need to be part of creating a solution to the pain that my family has continued to experience in the city and this country,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tara Mobasher is Borderless Magazine\u2019s newsletter writer and reporter. 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