Black helicopter over a festival

A year ago, a military-style helicopter hovered above La Catedral Arena, a horse racing track outside Wilder, Idaho, where hundreds gathered for a festival celebrating horse racing and Mexican culture.

Chaos erupts on the grounds

Backed by armored trucks and snipers, more than two hundred law enforcement members stormed the grounds.Some shot rubber bullets into the crowd and hurled flash-bang grenades into vehicles.

One hundred five arrested for immigration violations

Federal authorities arrested one hundred five people for alleged immigration violations. Yet the only warrant for the Wilder raid was secured by the FBI, targeting the track owner and four others for alleged unlicensed gambling.

ACLU sues over Fourth Amendment violation

The ACLU argues ICE unlawfully piggybacked on the FBI operation rather than securing their own warrant.

“That is what a massively violent immigration raid looks like”

Trump administration defends the operation

Trump Administration officials insist the arrests were lawful.A DHS spokesperson told TIME that ICE helped dismantle an illegal horse racing, animal fighting and gambling enterprise.

U.S. citizens detained without food or water

Juana Rodriguez attended with her three year old son, both U.S.citizens.They were zip-tied and detained for hours.

“For the longest time, my son begged me for food. He begged me for water.”

Seventy five believed deported, four missing

Among the one hundred five people arrested, seventy five are believed to have been deported to their home countries.Twenty six were released from ICE custody after their lawyers filed habeas corpus petitions.

School absences spike after the raid

The day after the raid, the Wilder School District reported absent rates soared, with twenty percent of students absent. More than half of the district's student body is Hispanic or Latino.

Lasting trauma in the community

A year later, Rodriguez says she is still scared to go to Latino cultural and public events because of what happened. She also has nightmares about ICE officers taking her child away from her.

“I'm from here. My kids are from here. Why should I have to feel that?”

Broader legal fights over ICE operations

The Wilder case is one of multiple lawsuits the Trump Administration is fighting over immigration enforcement.In Minnesota, civil lawsuits have emerged over deaths during immigration enforcement.Marimar Martinez, a U.S.

Lawsuit could change ICE behavior nationwide

The ACLU filed a class action complaint in February.While awaiting a judge's ruling, ACLU attorney Jenn Rolnick Borchetta says the lawsuit itself has already helped change ICE conduct and how local governments collaborate with them.

“While we don't yet have a decision from the court, we haven't seen more raids like this in Idaho.”