A car wash can be an inviting target. The workers are outdoors, so ICE agents can approach them freely and needn’t worry about trying to enter a house or business.

Mariana keeps watch out her window. The 42-year-old mother of two, who lives in Elizabeth, is an undocumented immigrant and has been in this country for 18 years. She takes care of her own mother, a naturalized American,

Last week, just eight days after President Donald Trump took office, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) conducted a raid at Complete Auto Wash in North Philly’s Juniata neighborhood resulting in the arrest of seven people.