Immigration enforcement activity in Eden Prairie drew renewed scrutiny last week after federal agents detained a father outside an apartment complex while his 13-year-old son looked on, according to family members.
The Dec. 11 incident, along with a separate standoff involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a construction site in nearby Chanhassen on Dec. 13, prompted community members to gather at both locations to observe and document activity by ICE in the southwest metro.
Gomez and his 13-year-old son, Jose, went outside their Eden Prairie apartment building around 10:20 a.m. to move the family’s car so snow could be plowed, his wife, Karina, said. The property manager had emailed residents earlier that morning asking them to move their vehicles…