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Rachel Leingang in Baldwin, Wisconsin with photographs by Steven Garcia

Trump’s mass deportation plan has broken the quiet of small US towns: ‘We have to take care of each other’

The Mexican restaurant where multiple workers were taken in February still sits dark, across the road from a travel plaza where people were also arrested by federal agents.

An Ecuadorian market in a nearby town targeted by immigration agents is back open again, with a sign on the door telling people to ring the bell before entering.

And J was still staying inside – the federal agents had already taken his wife, and he couldn’t risk being taken, too. Someone had to take care of their 18-month-old child while the family worked to reunite.

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