If you live in the Little Manatee River south of Tampa, Florida, you may know the name Maurilio Ambrocio. He was an evangelical pastor at the local church and lived here for 20 years. He also owns a landscaping business that takes care of lawns and yards in the vicinity of Fort Myers.

He was detained a few weeks ago in a mass immigration crackdown by President Trump, which Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has promised to work fully with - in fact He has promised Become a country Lead In the government's expulsion campaign.

Trump administration explain Florida Deportation is a Preview of what will happen in the United States: Large-scale Operations Close partnerships with local areas law enforcement.

News about the detention of Reverend Maurilio spread rapidly.

“We were helping the neighbors and he said, ‘Did you hear it?’ said Greg Johns, Ambrocio’s next door neighbor. “Maurilio was deported. ”

John said he was next to him. He recalled his eyes when Hurricane Milton hit last year. Ambrocio checked him immediately. "Do you need propane?" he asked. "Do you need water? What do you need? That's the type of neighbor (he's). This guy is part of the neighborhood." Like many in this small rural community, Johns voted for President Trump last November. In fact, he did so in the church in Ambrocio, which is twice as big as a polling station. “I hesitated. “Because I’m not satisfied with the direction the country is moving forward,” he said, hoping to immigrate to countries with targeted documents and criminal records. But he said he never expected the pillars of a community like Morio Embrocio to be taken away.

That day was April 18th.

Ambrocio Stay. This means that despite his illegal entry into the United States, as long as he meets with immigration officials at least once a year. They asked him if he was still hiring and checked that he had committed no crime. Ambrocio has participated in these interviews every year and received approval for the past decade or so.

But on April 18, he was detained by U.S. immigration and customs law enforcement officers.

NPR contacted ice and asked why Ambrocio was detained this time. In an email, a spokesperson replied that he was illegal in the United States, but did not answer questions or clarify: Why now?

The increase in arrests so far has been significant. Bing said More than 1,100 immigrants Detained throughout Florida Touted as "The largest joint immigration operation in Florida's history." 63% Among those detained, there are criminal convictions or arrests over the weekend. But there is another way to read the number: 415 people who did not have existing criminal convictions or arrests were arrested at the time.

For the Ambrocio family, the priest's detention was disastrous.

“For my kids, it’s like the end of the world,” said Marini, Ambrocio’s wife.

They have five children, all U.S. citizens, aged 12 to 19.

Mary herself was consumed by grief. When she frys eggs for breakfast, she says she dreams of her husband every night.

She said he knocked on their trailer door last night. He bought her perfume.

"He started spraying at me. I smiled and said, 'Mauririo, when will they release you?' He didn't respond.

Then she wakes up, facing the real problem of her husband's detention, putting them in trouble.

"How do we eat?" she asked. “How will we pay the bill?”

The only person who brings money to the family now is 19-year-old Ashley Ambrocio, who is juggling several jobs.

When she came home from get off work, she went to the fields, away from the trailer and her mother. Thunderstorms are approaching. The cicadas screamed, and the breeze ran among the Spanish moss.

Like many young Americans who are detained, the burden provided for her family now falls on Ashley. She had to take over her father’s beautification business: studying payroll, coordinating work tasks and talking to his clients. She also performed many of his pastoral duties in the church. She works as hostess in a restaurant. "I try to get as much time as you know the job and get extra money to buy groceries," she said on the walk. She said she felt increasingly overwhelmed, but only allowed herself to break it down privately.

"In the car. It's always in the car," she said. "I just felt stressed about everything before or after get off work, and I started crying there."

Her cell phone ring is a video call from her father at the Glades County Detention Center in Central Florida.

He told her that he lost eight pounds. He is sick with a fever - a bug in the detention center. He told her that it did not stop him from preaching inside.

But he wants to learn about the home beautification business.

Have you talked to the client? Laura? frank? Has she arranged any job?

Ashley can see the blurry outlines of other detainees in the background of the video.

He told his daughter: "You don't know how crowded it is."

By Sunday, the thunderstorm arrived.

Maurilio's youngest son: 12-year-old Esdras, in the piano church near the altar.

Esdras whispered whether his father would be back soon. "I don't know what to do without him." "He's like a good friend I'm to me. Yes."

Family archives on benches. It's a small space with wooden benches and bright red carpets.

Most of these churches have lived here for more than a decade, and almost all of their children are American citizens.

In the absence of Maurilio, guest pastor Oscar Hernandez made a prayer request. From around the room, the woman lists recently detained husband and son By ICE or Florida Highway Patrol, Governor Desantis Recently announced Will play a greater role in implementing immigration. Most people were arrested on their way to work.

Some people cried silently.

The air began to come down outside the rain, and Dewey looked at the priest anxiously with a blushing face. He told them that he was fighting for what he said today.

“God,” he began, “God often gets sad. But let me tell you other things: God will never be late.”