WIRED talks to a postal worker, a teacher, two US citizens detained by federal agents, and six more Minnesota residents about life in an occupied American city.
I found the kids hiding in an interior hallway of a fully dark apartment. They were scared to let me turn the lights on because la migra (ICE) might be outside. ICE had been banging on the front door of their building ten minutes ago, so they weren’t being unreasonable. And they were right. La migra was loitering in the area. ICE was also, unfortunately, on the block where the mother was sheltering.
Jesus, shades of Anne Frank’s Diary…
The little ones were understandably confused about why this big white guy was in their house, and they wanted to show me all their things.
Jesus, shades of Anne Frank’s Diary…
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That was seriously my initial thought. Like, this is way worse than most people realize.