How the ICE surge changed the work of violence interruption groups
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Anti-violence workers in Minnesota intervene in disputes, respond to shootings and build trust in neighborhoods, but the federal immigration surge earlier this year put them at a disadvantage.
Now as summer begins, many violence interruption teams are scrambling to regain their footing.
MPR News host Clay Masters spoke with Josiah Bates, a reporter for The Trace, a media group that investigates gun violence in America. Bates has covered how the surge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents changed the daily work of violence interruption groups in Minneapolis.
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