They have helped put out fires in neighborhoods, offered shelter, food and spiritual guidance to those in need and provided live coverage of protests and immigration enforcement to hundreds of thousands of Spanish speakers. Many are parents and the sole providers for their families.

But despite their contributions, immigration officials still detained them as part of President Donald Trump’s massive crackdown on undocumented immigrants.

The arrests happened as some of these immigrants were working or commuting to and from their jobs.

Neighbors, friends and colleagues have united behind many of the community pillars taken into custody in recent months raising tens of thousands of dollars for their families and legal fees and urging immigration authorities to release them.

Here are some

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