Sergio Martinez Beltran
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first heard Nov 2024
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He worries he and other business owners will have to close shop if the more than 2,500 immigration agents continue to stay here.
Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Minneapolis.
In Minneapolis, the restaurants that are open have someone in charge of locking the doors every time a new person comes in.
Ricardo Hernandez owns 11 Mexican food restaurants in the city, and he's doing this to protect the few clients who come in these days.
Hernandez says since federal agents descended in Minneapolis six weeks ago, his restaurants have seen 60% less in sales.
During the height of the COVID pandemic, his sales only went down by 10%.
Hernandez says this is not sustainable.
He worries he and other business owners will have to close shop if the more than 2,500 immigration agents continue to stay here.
Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Minneapolis.
In the city of Minneapolis, it's impossible to miss federal immigration agents.
They are everywhere.
The immigration enforcement operations include arresting people in the streets.
NPR was able to witness multiple of those arrests today, including one at a bus stop.
The arrests tend to happen pretty quick.
Agents jump off their unmarked vehicles with their faces covered.
They surround an individual for questioning.
If the person cannot prove they are in the U.S.
legally, they are arrested.
Minneapolis has been on edge since the shooting of Rene Good last week by a nice agent.
On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security shared on social media an old interview where Stephen Miller, the White House's deputy chief of staff for policy, said immigration agents have federal immunity while performing their duty.
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