Miami yoga teacher detained by ICE

A teacher at Mimi Yoga, a popular Miami yoga and Pilates studio, has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, according to a GoFundMe organized on his behalf.

Johan Blanco, a 44-year-old from Venezuela who teaches at Mimi Yoga’s Wynwood location, was detained by ICE on August 15 “just minutes before he was set to teach a sold-out Power Vinyasa class,” according to the fundraiser.

“That morning, his students arrived to an empty studio,” the fundraiser reads. “Johan never made it through the door.”…

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