Operation Metro Surge has disrupted life in the Twin Cities. Employees are staying home from work, children are missing school, and small business owners are seeing fewer customers.
Michelle Ness, executive director of PRISM, noted that the organization has seen “a marked decrease in Spanish speakers” coming to the food shelf, saying that immigrants and Black, Indigenous and people of color have been disproportionately impacted by federal actions.
She said the organization has seen many more “proxy pickups,” where neighbors deliver food. Small mutual aid groups of neighbors, churches and concerned citizens are coordinating deliveries…