"A lives here with her wife and two daughters, who are both U.S. citizens. Her daughters are struggling with the confinement. The toddler cries more, throws tantrums. Her 10-year-old can't understand why they can't leave the house. "She keeps asking, 'Why can't we go outside, why can't we play in the snow?' And we tell her 'No, no, you can't be out there alone,' A says."
"As the massive surge in federal immigration enforcement continues in Minnesota, children have been physically hurt. The same day an ICE officer shot and killed Renee Macklin Good, immigration officers used chemical irritants on a crowd that included students during dismissal time at a Minneapolis high school. Last week, a family trying to get around a volatile protest was tear gassed in their car. Their 6-month-old baby was hospitalized."
"And on Wednesday in the northern suburb of Columbia Heights, federal officers detained a 5-year-old boy, who lawyers for the family say was used as 'bait' to draw family members out of their home. Officials with the Columbia Heights Public School District say federal agents have detained three other students, all under 18, in recent weeks. According to MPR News, the boy's whereabouts are still unknown."
A, an asylum seeker, and her wife have kept their blinds drawn and stayed inside for almost a month with their two U.S.-citizen daughters because of immigration enforcement threats. The toddler cries and throws tantrums while the 10-year-old struggles to understand why they cannot play outside. Federal immigration actions in Minnesota have included an ICE officer shooting and killing Renee Macklin Good, use of chemical irritants on a crowd that included students during school dismissal, tear gassing of a family in a car that hospitalized a 6-month-old, and the detention of a 5-year-old in Columbia Heights reportedly used as 'bait.' School officials report multiple student detentions.
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