Spanish man returns home after more than six months in ICE detention: ‘Your life slowly fades away’

Spanish man returns home after more than six months in ICE detention: ‘Your life slowly fades away’

Around 6:30 a.m. on October 28, Miguel Barreno López, a citizen of Spain, was driving to the Indian food factory where he worked near Carol Stream, a suburb of Chicago. He was with three other people, all Nicaraguans. Suddenly, a vehicle pulled up alongside them and forced them to stop. Barreno immediately sensed what was happening. “These aren’t police officers,” he thought to himself. They were agents of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcemen…