ICE Detains Father, Leaves Two Children In Car, Attendees At Second Peace Vigil Are Told

March 9, 2026 Community Building, Featured, General News

**SPEAKING OF PEACE –** *Local organizer Michael Steinbrück speaks at the second peace vigil, held March 8 at the township Veterans’ Memorial Park in the Municipal Complex on DeMott Lane.*

Two township school children were left abandoned in their car last week after their father was detained by federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a local organizer said on March 8.

The father was driving the children to their schools when he was pulled over by ICE agents, Michael Steinbrück told a crowd of about 50 people who gathered at the Township Veterans’ Memorial Park on DeMott Lane for a peace vigil.

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ICE Detains Father, Leaves Two Children In Car, Attendees At Second Peace Vigil Are Told

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