Many immigrant families are made up of both U.S. citizens and unauthorized residents. Since there are few pathways available to unauthorized immigrants who would like to legalize their status, these families may be separated from one another by the enforcement of U.S. law. Karen Deines reports.
Over half of the inmates at the McHenry County Correctional Facility, in Woodstock, are immigrant detainees. Jail officials, activists and clergy are working together to meet their spiritual needs as they are locked away from friends and family. But as Greg Trotter reports, there is a subtle division between those who believe in the mission's success and those who feel the immigrants are being denied access to their faiths in their darkest hours.
Interview with David Warren, an 80-year-old humanitarian aid worker, who visits immigrant detainees in the McHenry County Correctional Facility in Woodstock twice a month. He talked with Greg Trotter about the challenges and rewards of his mission.
Interview with Joanna Cebulski, whose husband was deported on April 10, 2008, after being held in detention for six months. She talked with Kahrin Deines about picking up the pieces since his deportation, pieces that include property they accumulated over 18 years in the U.S., three sons, and decisions on what to do next.