When the belligerent border patrol official Gregory Bovino finally left the Twin Cities this week, there was hope that the tension in the region would dissipate. But in the wake of the deaths of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, residents say they are still dealing with immigration raids and threats to their safety – and fear the shock waves will be felt for a very long time.
In Saint Paul, city council member Molly Coleman is still taking shifts to watch for federal immigration agents at her son’s daycare. “People are really guarding against false optimism,” she said. “I don’t think anybody in Minnesota is under any illusions that we are suddenly safer than we were this time last week – that constitutional observers are safer, that immigrants are safer, that anybody who looks brown or Black on the streets is safer.”
