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Maanvi Singh in Minneapolis

ICE raids turn life into a daily terror for Minneapolis schoolkids: ‘This is a generational trauma’

a person carrying a child
A person carries a child away from the scene where ICE agents were confronted by protestors after they arrested people from a residence on 13 January, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photograph: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images

In south Minneapolis, a special education student logged on for their online class from the basement. They were hiding because immigration agents were banging at the door.

A second-grader started having a panic attack in the middle of art class because agents had arrested his dad. His teacher had to ask a colleague to watch the other students, bring him outside, and hold him for half an hour to help calm him.

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