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Minnesota Now with Nina Moini

Minnesota Now with Nina Moini
Minnesota Now with Nina Moini
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Minnesota Now with Nina Moini is journalism that doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s reporting that puts people first with live, down-to-earth, unscripted interviews that aim to inform and entertain. Tune in to Minnesota Now weekdays at noon on the radio or the live audio stream at mprnews.org.

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'A Year Without Home' tells a story of war, displacement through a child's eyes

'A Year Without Home' tells a story of war, displacement through a child's eyes

In her middle-grade debut, Minnesota children’s author V.T. Bidania follows 11-year-old Gao Sheng and her family as they live through the wars in Laos and Vietnam during the 1960s and 70s.
by Nina Moini and Ngoc Bui

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'I don't know where this ends:' The voices of Minnesotans in hiding

'I don't know where this ends:' The voices of Minnesotans in hiding

In a new series, Minnesota Now is airing the voices of people who have been hiding in their homes due to fear of arrest, detention, or deportation during Minnesota's ICE surge.
by Nina Moini and Ellen Finn

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An immigration lawyer shares what a drawdown of federal agents could mean for his clients

An immigration lawyer shares what a drawdown of federal agents could mean for his clients

Minneapolis attorney David Wilson told MPR News the federal government seems to be shifting its focus in immigration court, including fast-tracking hearings for people from specific countries.
by Nina Moini and Ellen Finn

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Mayor Kaohly Her 'cautiously optimistic' about reported end to federal immigration surge

Mayor Kaohly Her 'cautiously optimistic' about reported end to federal immigration surge

The St. Paul mayor took office during a surge of federal immigration agents in Minnesota. The Trump Administration announced Thursday it is ending what it calls “Operation Metro Surge.”
by Nina Moini and Ngoc Bui

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Border czar Tom Homan: Immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota coming to an end

Border czar Tom Homan: Immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota coming to an end

The immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota is ending, said Tom Homan, the border czar for President Donald Trump. “I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude.”
by Anna Haecherl, Andrew Krueger, Cari Spencer, Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Dana Ferguson

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

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

In a new series, we feature several people in the state 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.
by Nina Moini, Alanna Elder and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Lawyers gain access to Whipple Federal Building after lawsuit, find lack of access to counsel

Lawyers gain access to Whipple Federal Building after lawsuit, find lack of access to counsel

Lawyers from the nonprofit organization Advocates for Human Rights visited the facility early Monday after a federal judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security to let them inside. 
by Matt Sepic, Nina Moini and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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A rare look into Dilley family detention center in Texas

A rare look into Dilley family detention center in Texas

A ProPublica report gives an inside look into the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas, where it’s believed several Minnesota children — including Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old from Columbia Heights — and their families were sent after being detained by federal agents.
by Nina Moini and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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