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Last month, ICE made over 100 arrests in Connecticut. Communities are not staying silent. After an arrest takes place, it can leave family members shaken and unable to find a way forward. But community members are stepping up to offer their support.

There have been protests against these arrests. There’s also the support that comes with organized meal trains, walking children to the bus stop and helping immigrant families with the everyday logisitics so they can find a way forward amid uncertainty.

Today, we learn what life looks after ICE arrests.

Guests:
Chris Polansky: General Assignment and Breaking News Reporter at Connecticut Public Radio
Andrea Sanchez: Special Projects Manager at Connecticut Students for a Dream, undocumented youth-led organization in the state of Connecticut
Maggie Mitchell Salem: Executive Director at the Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services in New Haven
Mary Elizabeth Smith: Deputy Director of Make the Road Connecticut, a community-based organization working to support immigrant, Latine, and working-class communities in Connecticut

Last month,&nbsp;<a href="https://ctmirror.org/2026/09/03/ice-protest-danbury/">ICE made over 100 arrests in Connecticut.</a>&nbsp;Communities are not staying silent. After an arrest takes place, it can leave family members shaken and unable to find a way forward. But community members are stepping up to offer their support.
There have been protests against these arrests. There&rsquo;s also the support that comes with organized meal trains, walking children to the bus stop and helping immigrant families with the everyday logisitics so they can find a way forward amid uncertainty.
Today, we learn what life looks&nbsp;after&nbsp;ICE arrests.
Guests:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/people/chris-polansky">Chris Polansky:</a>&nbsp;General Assignment and Breaking News Reporter at Connecticut Public Radio</li>
<li>Andrea Sanchez:&nbsp;Special Projects Manager at&nbsp;<a href="https://ct4adream.org/">Connecticut Students for a Dream,</a>&nbsp;undocumented youth-led organization in the state of Connecticut</li>
<li>Maggie Mitchell Salem:&nbsp;Executive Director at the&nbsp;<a href="https://irisct.org/">Integrated Refugee &amp; Immigrant Services</a>&nbsp;in New Haven</li>
<li>Mary Elizabeth Smith:&nbsp;Deputy Director of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.maketheroadct.org/">Make the Road Connecticut,</a>&nbsp;a community-based organization working to support immigrant, Latine, and working-class communities in Connecticut</li>
</ul>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.