Nora Mabee

So he was suspicious and he ended up

kind of closing the door on them.

That's what his wife says.

But then, you know, the complaint also alleges he yelled at them on their way out.

And as they were in their car driving away, it says he threw a two by six piece of lumber in their direction.

And that's what led ultimately to a charge of threatening a federal officer.

Um,

That's something, you know, his family disputes.

Then his wife has said that different officers wearing their uniforms and in marked vehicles came back right after that with weapons on them, but that she and her husband actually closed all the doors to the shop and hid in the back and waited for them to leave.

They were really scared, and that was 10 days before the arrest.

people contacted the sheriff and basically said, you know, can you intervene?

And he tried to act as an intermediary, asking Roberto to essentially turn himself in, thinking that that would lead to a better outcome with law enforcement.

People were shocked.

They were surprised to see the national immigration crackdown extend beyond big cities like Minneapolis and Chicago and reach this tiny corner of the state.

They said they believed Trump's policy to be about arresting the worst of the worst, criminals, gang members, things like that.

And in this town where everybody knows everybody, it's an example of

the tension between the personal and the political, and what happens to a community when they vote one way, but then a personal experience forces them to confront their beliefs.

For people in town, this is the first time they are learning about Roberto's status.

A lot of people told me they didn't know he was here illegally.

You know, they just thought of him as their friend and their neighbor.