Minnesota Now with Nina Moini

'We're unwanted:' The voices of Minnesotans in hiding

A sunrise on the road
Indira immigrated to Minnesota from Venezuela in the last five years. While hiding in her home due to ICE presence, she said she misses driving to see the sunrise. "Sometimes I used to go out very early before the sun rose to see the sunrise, I also did it in Venezuela."
Courtesy of Indira

In a new series, Minnesota Now is featuring people across Minnesota who have been in hiding due to fear of arrest, detention, or deportation.

We asked them to send us voice memos for three days, describing what they did that day, what they didn’t get to do, and how it’s impacting their lives.

Indira graduated from law school in Venezuela years ago and moved to Minnesota in the last five years. MPR News is only identifying Indira by her first name due to safety concerns.

Indira currently works with kids and does part-time gig work to pay for college classes that she hopes will advance her career in the U.S. For more than a month now, all of that has been more complicated.

This series will continue on Minnesota Now on Thursday and next week. Listen at noon to hear more voices or check back on our show page.

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