Federal lawyers who argue deportation cases for Immigration and Customs Enforcement have leased office space in Southfield. The building's owner says the lease prohibits law enforcement or detention on the premises. The neighbors say that misses the point.

What started with six people in a living room has brought together dozens of residents, elected officials, and faith leaders — all demanding the lease be canceled. At the center of it is Lauren Fink, a Jewish mother who grew up haunted by the bystanders of the Holocaust and is determined not to become one.

She spoke with The Metro's Robyn Vincent about the moral weight of silence, the machinery behind deportation, and what it really means to show up for the people next door.