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In Danbury, some are hiding from ICE. Others are following them.

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Over the past year, members of Danbury Unites for Immigrants have prepared for the kind of worst-case scenario that played out last week.

Hartford, Thursday Aug. 27, 4:30 a.m. It wasn’t a normal morning. Helen Garcia knew that when she got up in the dark. First, a cold shower to wash off the restless night. Then she put on a long-sleeved shirt to cover a tattoo that could identify her. After more than a year of activist work, Garcia had learned how to dress and what to carry when she might face off with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in her role as a member of a rapid response team that tracks ICE activity in Connecticut. That might happen today, she thought. It took an hour for Garcia to drive from…

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