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As Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues its “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota, thousands of protesters marched down Lake Street in Minneapolis on Saturday, Dec. 20, to decry the federal agency’s deportation efforts. The protest was organized by grassroots immigrant rights organization the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee. Minnesotans braved the sub-freezing temperatures to walk over a mile from the intersection of East Lake Street and Bloomington Avenue, which is home to the Latino-focused Mercado Central, to Karmel Mall, a hub for the Somali community that has been targeted by ICE…