Minneapolis, United States, Feb 1, 2026 (AFP) - Deportation raids drive Minneapolis immigrant family into hiding

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2026-02-01

For the two months that federal agents have been conducting immigration raids in Minneapolis, Ana, Carlos and their son Luis have locked themselves in at home, feeling trapped behind their own deadbolt. The curtains in this Mexican family's home stay closed all day, and the door is braced with a metal bar to keep it from being forced open. For more than a decade they've lived in this Midwestern city, where two US citizens were shot and killed thi......

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