How ICE and a data center turned a small Pittsburgh suburb into a civic battleground

Yaquelin Vasques grew nervous when her husband, Jose Acosta, told her he was taking a construction job near Springdale.

The couple had been taking precautions while Acosta, an undocumented immigrant from Honduras, awaited the outcome of his green card application.

“I was like, ‘Oh babe, I heard so many things from the Springdale area,’” said Vasques during a July interview at her home in Beaver County more than 30 miles away…

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