About this episode

Angela Davis discusses the impact of the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota with community leaders.

This past Saturday marked five months since Renee Good was shot and killed on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. The federal officer was one of about 4,000 immigration and border enforcement agents sent to Minnesota during the immigration crackdown the White House called “Operation Metro Surge.” The focus was to deport — in the words of President Donald Trump — the “really bad criminals.” By the time the surge wound down weeks later , several thousand people had been detained. Many were deported. Most had no criminal record. Many more immigrants stopped going to school and work, and hid at home for weeks. In response, thousands of Minnesotans organized to support people in hiding, document ICE activity and protest the immigration raids. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the leaders of two organizations on the front lines about their experiences during the federal enforcement surge, what immigration enforcement looks like now and what comes next. Guests: Francisco Segovia is a founder and executive director of Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Acción Latina ( COPAL ), which was started in 2018 to organize grassroots support to improve…

People in this episode

Host: Angela Davis

Guests: Francisco Segovia, Michelle Garnett McKenzie

Topics covered

• immigration enforcement
• community response
• ICE raids
• Minnesota
• deportation
• grassroots organizing

Keywords

• immigration
• enforcement
• Minnesota
• ICE
• deportation
• community support
• Operation Metro Surge
• Renee Good
• Francisco Segovia
• Michelle Garnett McKenzie

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Acción Latina, Immigrant Defense Network, ICE

Places: Minnesota

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