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And her fear of leaving the house is not unfounded.
NPR has witnessed immigration officers stopping and detaining people of color seemingly at random on the street.
In the Twin Cities, community members are standing guard outside of schools and daycares in case immigration officers show up.
Many people are collecting food donations and giving rides to people who are afraid to leave their homes.
One woman, who asked to only be identified by her first initial A because she's afraid she'll be deported, told NBR she has not left her home in several weeks.
A said she feels like she can't see a future for herself or her family.
She's an asylum seeker with two young U.S.
And her fear of leaving the house is not unfounded.
NPR has witnessed immigration officers stopping and detaining people of color seemingly at random on the street.
The observers filming and making noise, those peaceful acts of resistance, even though they're chaotic, are protected by the Constitution.
But ICE has responded to some confrontations over the last week with a lot of aggression.
Over the last five days, NPR reporters, myself included, we've seen ICE officers using tear gas, flashbangs, and pepper balls to disperse crowds.
Good morning.
Yeah, there are now as many as 3,000 federal immigration officers on the ground or arriving soon here in the Twin Cities.
That's nearly five times the number of Minneapolis police officers.
And, you know, the city is sometimes quiet until it is really, really not.