Today’s story comes from reporter Sophia Sleap with the Los Angeles Reporting Collective.

What does it take to mobilize when ICE arrives? This story follows Proyecto Pastoral, an organization running one of L.A.’s rapid response networks in Boyle Heights, as volunteers learn how to respond to and confront the emotional toll of immigration enforcement. At the heart of it: a community trying to care for families — and for one another.

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Credits

Episode hosted and produced by Quincy Surasmith

Story reported by Sophia Sleap, and was produced as part of the Los Angeles Reporting Collective Fellowship

Story produced and edited by Ari Saperstein and Alejandra Salazar, with additional support from Isabella Kulkarni, Annie Nguyen, Emma Lehmann, and Molly Peterson

Special thanks to Ben Adair at Western Sound

Original Fi2W theme music by Gautam Srikishan

Feet in 2 Worlds is supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Ford Foundation, the Fernandez Pave the Way Foundation, an anonymous donor, and contributors to our annual NewsMatch campaign.

Feet in 2 Worlds (Fi2W) is an independent media outlet, journalism training program, and launchpad for emerging immigrant journalists and media makers of color. Our work brings positive and meaningful change to America's newsrooms and has a broader impact on how immigration is reported and the ethnic and racial composition of news organizations.