Advocates for immigrants rally in the state Capitol on May 13, 2025.

Latinos, documented and undocumented, are living under threat. It did not begin with this year’s mass deportations and detentions. The cornerstone was set a decade ago when the Grand Developer descended the golden escalator in midtown Manhattan.

The degree of fear in America circa 2025, however, is decidedly different.

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Stories of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s impact on the local Latino community are abundant: Parents are being abducted on their way to work. Unmarked cars with masked men are roaming Central Avenue. Agents are stopping vans and detaining day laborers in Troy. Law-abiding people are being detained at immigration check-ins. Families are afraid to leave their homes to search for work or buy groceries. An abiding sense of anxiety has enveloped my community like a........

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