When folks are not showing up to work out of fear, when folks are not frequenting these businesses out of fear, of course the impact on the local economy can be devastating.”

As rumors of pending ICE raids circulate through rural communities on the Delmarva Peninsula, places like Race Street have grown eerily quiet.

A Chula Vista family of five has left the country amidst fears of immigration raids that kept them in constant anxiety for weeks.

Some 20 families in Quincy, where one-third of the population is foreign born, kept their children home from school fearing immigration enforcement.

A California family, fearful of immigration raids, has decided to pick up their lives and leave the United States.