‘We’re still fighting’: Richfield restaurant keeps going after ICE deports one of its owners

RICHFIELD, Minnesota — Even as hundreds of federal agents leave Minnesota, small businesses like American Pie Pizza in Richfield continue to be impacted by the surge in more ways than one.

When the restaurant had a hard time recovering after the pandemic, brothers Roberto Alvarado Mendoza and Diego Alvarado bought the business in January 2025.

They then rolled out a relaunch in November…

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