Even as the Trump administration continues to insist that its immigration policies are only targeting

the worst of the worst, many other immigrants in America are being detained as well.

William Brangham speaks with the wife of one.

Several weeks ago, Hernan Escobar was on his way to his construction job outside of Boston when he was stopped by masked immigration agents.

His car window was shattered and he was arrested.

Escobar came to the U.S. seven years ago from El Salvador and met his wife, who's a U.S. citizen.

They settled in Massachusetts and began building a life there. Their marriage paperwork,

which would grant him legal rights to stay in the U.S., was just being finalized when he was arrested.

Escobar's wife, Leslie Gonzalez, who's a legal aid attorney, joins us now. Leslie, thank you so much for talking with us. I know this has got to be a very

fraught period for you. Can you just tell us a little bit about the day that Hernan was arrested?

What happened as far as you know? First of all, thank you so much for having me. That day changed

everything.

Ernan was on his way to work.

He's a roofer.

He's typically up before the sun.

He was two minutes from our apartment complex when he was stopped by ICE agents in masks and an unmarked vehicle.

He called me in a panic.

It was 5.27 a.m.

I heard shouting, glass shattering, and then I heard him say,

out, you're hurting me.

When I arrived on the scene, there were multiple officers there. The ICE agents had smashed his window and had attempted to forcibly remove him from his car. The first thing I was asked

when I got there was my cooperation in de-escalating the situation. I pointed out that there was a taser in his face.

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