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Has enough changed in Minneapolis? The message from Donald Trump yesterday on immigration was “a softer touch.” But the reality remains something else.
Just ask the locals: “ICE vehicles are constantly, constantly haunting and taunting schools, thereby pulling up on their space, like through their drive-through, or their delivery gates, sitting outside or sitting across the street, just sort of watching what’s happening,” Mary Kunesh, a Minnesota state senator whose district includes the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights, told NOTUS’ Adora Brown. It’s the same town where a 5-year-old was infamously detained after returning home from preschool with his dad, who was also detained.
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Two other school districts have now sued, trying to end what they say has become a disruptive and scary part of kids’ lives. (“ICE is not going to schools to arrest children—we are protecting children,” a DHS spox said. “If a dangerous illegal alien felon were to flee into a school, or a child sex offender is working as an employee, there may be a situation where an arrest is made to protect public safety. But this has not happened.”)