At a church in Springfield on Thursday night, an older man in the front pew held up a Ziploc sandwich bag of plastic orange “ICE whistles” and offered them to those seated in the rows behind him.
“You see ICE, you do three quick blasts,” he said, as the training, a mix of “know your rights” legal education and tactical training, started to wrap up. “You see them kidnapping someone, it’s one long blast.”
Residents, community leaders and government officials in the city increasingly believe an ICE raid is imminent. They can’t confirm it, but they’re still preparing…