An Elgin-based advocacy group that helps immigrants detained in ICE raids is in need of volunteers and donations as it deals with what one organizer said is a state of emergency.

“Our people are under attack by a racist administration,” said a volunteer who uses the name Amparo, which translated from Spanish means protection or shelter. “We are seeing it on a daily basis. We are seeking support from the community.”

The Elgin Rapid Response Team is one of many organizations established across the country in the wake of President Donald Trump’s clampdown on immigration. In the Elgin area and around Chicago and its suburbs, people who don’t have legal status in the United States are being detained and returned to their native countries under “Operation Midway Blitz,” which started earlier t

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