Lorena Austin comes from a family of activists. Now they’ve picked up the torch - Copper Courier

Lorena Austin comes from a family of activists. Now they’ve picked up the torch - Copper Courier

When Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents showed up at courthouses across the country last May to detain unsuspecting immigrants at their routine check-in appointments, Lorena Austin wasted no time mobilizing to fight for immigrant communities. Austin, a Democratic state Representative from Mesa, was one of a handful of state legislators who showed up to the downtown Phoenix courthouse to stand with the immigrant community— literally…