Calls are exploding to immigration hotlines and legal aid organizations as the Trump administration's brutal crackdown on undocumented immigrants intensifies. Families are living in fear, and communities are under siege by ICE sweeps. With reports of arbitrary arrests becoming commonplace, the human cost of Trump's {unyielding immigration policy is starkly apparent.

• The number of deportations has reached a record high.

• Advocates warn that the Trump administration's policies are creating a climate of fear.

In the void left by ICE's policies, phone calls become a beacon immigrant detention emergency of hope, a fragile thread connecting hearts that yearn to be whole. But their brevity is a constant reminder of the system’s cruelty.