"I've heard from farmers, restaurant owners, and workers, and their message is clear: Get ICE out of Minnesota now. So much of the food system relies on immigrants who are here legally, but when ICE is racially profiling and detaining employees outside of their places of work, of course they are afraid to show up."
"We're seeing businesses decimated and people with no way to support themselves and their families, all because of this reckless and unjust DHS operation terrorizing our communities,"
"If this becomes normal outside of Minneapolis, it's going to be bad for everybody. I wanted to raise the alarms,"
ICE enforcement operations in Minnesota have generated widespread fear among immigrant workers, causing many legal employees to avoid showing up and disrupting the state's food supply and restaurant operations. Businesses report severe losses and many people face loss of income and inability to support families. Demands include withdrawing federal agents from the Twin Cities and other cities, launching independent investigations into civilian deaths, banning racial profiling, and prohibiting masks that obscure agents' identities. Restaurant owners and community members have coordinated alerts, safe rides, and groceries for vulnerable workers. Lawmakers removed DHS funding from a broader spending package and adopted a short-term extension while immigration enforcement talks continue.
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