‘I can’t risk going to work’: As ICE arrests escalated, mom, son huddled at home, afraid to leave for groceries or school

Since federal officials announced the end of Operation Metro Surge earlier this month, mutual aid donations are slowly trickling to a halt, organizers say. But for people like Nuvia, a single mother living in Minneapolis, it’s still a much-needed lifeline.

After an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent killed Renee Good in early January, any interaction with the outside world, even taking out the dog, feels like a risk for Nuvia, who asked we use her first name for fear of ICE retaliation.

“I didn’t have an appetite, because, looking at the videos and seeing how they were treating people was just crazy,” she said…

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