June 22, 2026
MSW Student Lillie Khatib and her family were featured in a Chicago Tribune article exploring the grassroots advocacy efforts across the nation to help ICE detainees, many of whom are being held far from home. Khatib’s family is part of “Hope for Neighbors,” which provides support for those held at the North Lake detention center in Baldwin, Michigan. Khatib helps coordinate volunteers to visit with people detained; her parents both regularly volunteer to meet those released, drive them home or to their next stop, and provide them with food, clothing and a phone to use during the journey.
“Everything I’m doing connects to my social work practice,” Khatib said. “I’m sitting with people who are traumatized and holding space for them.”
