Immigration enforcement has been rising nationwide, but much of it isn’t easily visible. It can be hard to know what’s happening close to home or how local people are affected.
Public Source responds to real questions from our community. When neighbors need clear, fact-based information, we dig in and report it out with care, accuracy and transparency.
For more than a month, our photojournalist observed the efforts of Casa San José, a local nonprofit that has trained hundreds of volunteers to monitor and respond to immigration enforcement in the Pittsburgh region. We documented what we could see firsthand — including ICE restaurant raids, courthouse presence and late-night calls — to help the public better understand how federal immigration policy is carried out locally.
