"In many ways, Alex Pretti and Renee Good could have been any of the dozens of Minneapolis residents I met last week. Among them were teachers, store clerks, Uber drivers, charity workers and clergymen a patchwork of humanity withstanding what many have called the Trump administration's siege on their city, which began in December last year and has led to 3,000 arrests, two fatal shootings, and routine rights violations in an operation defined by government brutality."
"What the administration has attempted to laud as the largest immigration operation in US history has instead become a fully fledged crisis, and the sharpest test of American democracy under Trump's second term. The resistance here goes well beyond activism and protest, as thousands of residents organise, and document what's going on. As my colleagues have been documenting for weeks, acts of solidarity between neighbours in the frigid cold range from mutual aid to ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) watch patrols."
Minneapolis experienced a sustained federal immigration operation beginning in December that resulted in roughly 3,000 arrests, two fatal shootings, and routine rights violations attributed to government brutality. What was presented as the largest immigration operation in US history instead became a full-fledged crisis and a sharp test of American democracy during Trump's second term. Thousands of residents organized, documented activity, and formed mutual aid networks and ICE watch patrols to resist and protect neighbors. Officials leveled wild and false allegations of domestic terrorism against ordinary citizens while thousands of additional immigration agents, many lacking experience and training, surged through city streets.
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