A deportation officer changes the handcuffs of Wilmer Patricio Medina-Medina from back to front after arresting him during an early morning operation, Dec. 17, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File) The Rev.

Church members hold hands together during a service at St. Rita of Cascia Parish in Chicago on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. Immigrants in large US cities have been preparing for mass deportation arrests since Donald Trump won the presidential election in