HANOVER PARK, Ill. — Nearly a dozen kids come around the block, some running and others riding their bikes. They are heading straight to the gap between the grocery store and the old apartment building — the same area where Immigration and Customs Enforcement vans often park.

"We heard they were here so that's why we came," a kid says to another one.

By "they" he means ICE agents. He and the other kids were ready to start recording the latest immigration enforcement action in their neighborhood.

An organizer with Patrulla Popular, or the People's Patrol, an all-volunteer group of activists , is nearby and approaches the kids.

"You guys need to keep yourselves safe, OK? You guys need to be careful," Ruby tells the kids. She asked to only be identified by her first name because she fea

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