Help Augusta Clara Rebuild After ICE Arrests

Hello, my name is Augusta Clara. I’m the mother seen in the now-viral immigration video recorded on Thursday, May 8th, on Eureka Street in Worcester, MA.

Everything began the day before, when ICE arrested my partner — the father of my 3-month-old son — while he was driving to work. He had committed no crime. His only “mistake” was honking at a car that had cut him off. That vehicle turned out to be an undercover ICE car, and agents decided to arrest him.

The next morning, ICE came to my home, demanding I return my partner’s car and report to sign immigration paperwork. I left my house with my 17-year-old sister and my baby, intending to comply. That’s when ICE stopped my car and told me I was under arrest. Since I was with my baby, I called my mother to come take my son.

When she arrived, ICE agents tried to arrest her too. Then they violently pinned my sister to the ground — as seen in the viral video — and arrested both her and my mother. They even tried to take my baby from me, but thanks to neighbors who recorded and protested, they backed down.

Now I am living in fear. I’m staying with friends, unable to return home or retrieve any of my belongings or my baby’s things. I cannot work, and I’m struggling to survive.

Please consider supporting me and my family during this nightmare.

Any donation will go toward basic needs like food, clothes, shelter, legal fees, bail, and other urgent expenses. No amount is too small. Your support means the world right now.

Thank you for standing with us.