Gary mom thankful to be back with children after immigration raid: ‘I didn’t know if I was going to see them again’
- Posted on November 29, 2025
- By Chicago Tribune
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Gary mom thankful to be back with children after immigration raid: ‘I didn’t know if I was going to see them again’

When Martha Ruiz returned to her Gary home on Nov. 13 after a couple of weeks in ICE custody in El Paso, she was ecstatic to see her children. “When I left them back at the jail, I didn’t kno…