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Immigration enforcement in Minnesota

MPR News is tracking federal immigration actions across Minnesota — from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations and policy changes to community impact and your rights.

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Kidney recipient arrested by ICE in Rochester last week still isn't getting needed medications

Kidney recipient arrested by ICE in Rochester last week still isn't getting needed medications

The wife of a kidney transplant recipient tells MPR News that four days after his arrest, the man still has not received the medications he needs to keep his body from rejecting the kidney.
by Molly Castle Work and David Schaper

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Fear in Minnesota’s Somali community deepens, hampering progress on measles vaccination

Fear in Minnesota’s Somali community deepens, hampering progress on measles vaccination

Public health officials say a measles crisis has long been brewing in Minnesota. For years, the state’s large Somali community has been fertile ground for the myth that the measles vaccine causes autism. Data show autism rates in Somali 4-year-olds are high.
by The Associated Press

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In Minnesota, sending a child to school is an act of faith for immigrant families

In Minnesota, sending a child to school is an act of faith for immigrant families

For many immigrant families in Minnesota, sending a child to school each day requires faith that one of the thousands of federal immigration officers deployed around the state won’t detain them. 
by The Associated Press

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Amid surge, some greater Minnesota sheriffs plan to continue cooperation with ICE

Amid surge, some greater Minnesota sheriffs plan to continue cooperation with ICE

More than half a dozen Minnesota counties have signed agreements to assist ICE to varying degrees, from detaining people in county jails to helping federal agents find and arrest people suspected of immigration violations or other crimes.
by Kirsti Marohn

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‘Ice Out for Good’: Art and censorship in the Minnesota snow

‘Ice Out for Good’: Art and censorship in the Minnesota snow

A new snow sculpture in Minneapolis features the face of Renee Macklin Good with a blindfold that says “ICE OUT,” and it references two snow sculptures that were disqualified from competitions last month for their references to the ICE surge.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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Minnesota parents look for ways to help kids cope and process ICE trauma and chaos

Minnesota parents look for ways to help kids cope and process ICE trauma and chaos

As the Trump administration's immigration crackdown continues across Minnesota, parents are increasingly worried about what their children, even preschoolers, might be seeing and hearing, and the harm the chaos and trauma may do to their mental and emotional well-being.
by Hannah Yang

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Neighbors: Blockades are pop-up parties that also slow down ICE agents

Neighbors: Blockades are pop-up parties that also slow down ICE agents

Organizers are trying a new tactic to slow and deter federal agents from entering city neighborhoods: pop-up block parties in the middle of city streets. Tom Homan, the Trump administration border czar, calls the attempts by residents to prevent his ICE agents from doing their jobs “a joke.”
by Jon Collins

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