School Supplies for ICE Impacted Families

PREVIOUSLY, WE HAVE INTRODUCED YOU TO LEGAL OBSERVERS. THOSE ARE CONCERNED CITIZENS WHO TRACK AND MONITOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES. BUT THERE ALSO CARVING OUT TIME TO ASSIST IMMIGRANT FAMILIES. THE IMPACTED BY IMMIGRATION RAIDS AS WGCUS ON ANDREW PARK LEARNED THAT ALSO MEANT PREPARING CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS AS THEY GOT READY TO HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL THIS WEEK. SENATORS ARE ALL THESE VOLUNTEERS IN FORT MYERS WHERE ON A BACK-TO-SCHOOL MISSION. >> AN ASSEMBLY LINE FASHION. THEY FILLED BACKPACKS WITH CRAYONS, PENCILS, AND NOTEBOOKS. THEY FILLED THEIR CARS WITH THE BACKPACKS AND CLOTHES. THEN THEY DROVE TO APARTMENTS AND IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AFFECTED BY ICE DEPORTATIONS. JOANNE BOMB SAYS SHE FELT COMPELLED TO BE A PART OF IT. CAN'T JUST. >> WRITE LETTERS, RIGHT? POST CARDS. I NEED TO DO SOMETHING MORE. AND SO I GOT INVOLVED IN. THERE'S JUST SUCH A BIG NEED HERE. >> THE VOLUNTEERS ARRIVED IN THE HOUSING COMPLEX AT ALMOST THE SAME TIME AS AN ICE CREAM TRUCK ON THIS HOT AFTERNOON. IMMEDIATELY GATHERED THE CHILDREN BY A FROZEN TO SEARCH FOR EACH AND LETTING THEM PICK OUT A BACKPACK. MEANWHILE, THE FAMILY'S QUEUED UP AT THE DISTRIBUTION. MY VOLUNTEERS CHECK ITEMS OFF THE LIST THAT CONTAINED CLOTHING AND SHOE SIZES OF EACH FAMILY MEMBER. SARPY NIGHT OUT WAS THE SOLE VOLUNTEER WHO COULD SPEAK SPANISH. SO HE GUIDED THE RESIDENCE AND MY MOM IS A DYNAMIC THAT HAS BEEN A SWEATER. >> SO THAT'S WHY I DO THIS BOUND IS. BUT I GREW UP IN THE MIDWEST AND YOU KYLE. >> SO THEY NEED SOMEBODY TO, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN NAME. WAS THAT NOT EVERY LANGUAGE AND I'M UNABLE TO MOVE THAT OTHER CHRISTMASES MONTHS AWAY FOR THESE FAMILIES. >> THE VOLUNTEERS WERE LIKE SUMMER SANTAS AFTER THE EVENT JOANNE BOMB REFLECTED ON WHY SHE THINKS THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY NEEDS MORE ASSISTANCE THAN EVER BEFORE. THEY ARE DECIMATED. BY WHAT ICE IS DOING AND PICKING UP PEOPLE ON THE STREET SOMETIMES WITH PAPERS. AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR RELATIVE HAS CON. WOMEN ARE BANDING TOGETHER AND LIVING. >> TOGETHER AS PANETTA, LISTEN TO THE STORIES OF THE IMMIGRANTS TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS. HE FELT INSPIRED TO CONTINUE HIS VOLUNTEER EFFORTS. THIS RHINO, I MET A LADY IS IN. >> HAVE FINALLY GET A VEST TO BLAME A GRADUAL AND SHE'S TAKING CARE TO CAUSE THE I KNOW HER DAUGHTERS. IN TUESDAY'S PULLS OVER FOR 2 MORE, YOU KNOW, KICKS SO FAR. AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THEY WAY THEY ARE SO GRATEFUL ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IT FOR