It’s not something that Nicole, a mom of two, expected to see in Coronado. She was driving her 12-year-old son to school in her golf cart on Thursday when she saw an I.C.E. raid, just two blocks away from Village Elementary School.

“It was surreal,” said Nicole. “I’ve been watching videos of the Chicago I.C.E. raids going on, and I was outraged… and now, to see it here…just three blocks away from my house.”

Nicole said she first noticed the raid when she saw five or six unmarked SUVs partially blocking H Avenue around Eighth Street, forcing her to slow down. She saw several landscapers with their hands behind their backs. They were surrounded by men in gators and face masks, wearing vests with Police/ICE and HSI on them.

Nicole said she wanted to do something to help, but she hesitated.

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