When federal immigration agents descended on Minnesota last week to target Somali residents, Valerie Aguirre knew it would ripple across immigrant families of all types, scaring people away from living their day-to-day lives.
Aguirre, manager of her family’s Mexican meat market and grocery store, Valerie’s Carniceria, knew she had to take action. If people were afraid to come to them, they would go to the people. The south Minneapolis market began offering free delivery, making about 100 deliveries since last Wednesday.
“I just thought of other families – I was thinking of them,” Aguirre told the Sahan Journal…