Nicollet Avenue Shops Offer Free Meals and Shelter After Federal Officers Kill Resident
Immigrant families and volunteers patrol schools and provide aid amid federal enforcement that detained multiple minors, including a 5-year-old, disrupting community safety and access to care.
- On Jan. 20, Minneapolis residents and neighbors sheltered and assisted immigrant children after Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained multiple minors, including preschooler Liam Conejo Ramos taken from his home.
- After the killing of Renee Nicole Good, woman killed by an ICE officer, federal agents have been reported circling schools and swarming campuses in recent weeks, heightening community alarm.
- On most weekday mornings this January, parents and volunteer neighbors rotate shifts to guard school recess and deliver groceries, while Desiree, Minneapolis mother, picks up children and supports immigrant families.
- Educators warn children in affected Minneapolis communities face fear disrupting stability, while parents delay care at Children's Minnesota hospital due to ICE presence, causing missed treatment.
- As of the start of this year, an estimated 6,000 family units are in ICE detention and more than 1,300 children were held over 20 days in 2025, with ICE Commander Greg Bovino defending family detentions.
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The Minneapolis area reacts to the immigration crackdown and the shooting of a protester, in photos
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Trump administration's immigration crackdown on the Minneapolis area has been drawing heated daily protests, particularly since a U.S. Border Patrol officer shot and killed demonstrator Alex Pretti.
Nicollet Avenue shops offer free meals and shelter after federal officers kill resident
Restaurants and shops along Eat Street transformed into makeshift warming centers and medical triage sites after federal immigration agents killed a Minneapolis resident. Tired business owners are now grappling with how to move forward.
The children of Minneapolis grapple with ICE separating families
Real journalists wrote and edited this (not AI)—independent, community-driven journalism survives because you back it. Donate to sustain Prism’s mission and the humans behind it. On most weekday mornings this January, as she drives her 6-year-old son to school, Desiree, a mother of two in Minneapolis, also picks up another child, often from an immigrant family, on her way. The children she has been driving to and from school have kept changing, …
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