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The Minnesotans trapped at home, too terrified of ICE to go outside: ‘Our house is like a jail’

The Minnesotans trapped at home, too terrified of ICE to go outside: ‘Our house is like a jail’

The surge of federal immigration agents has forced many families to remain inside for weeks, living in fear of roving ICE patrols snatching people off the streetJosé hasn’t left his house in Saint Paul for 29 days – not to shovel the snow at his driveway, not to fix up the car.When the car needed an oil change, he video-called his wife, Sara, from inside so he could walk her through it. “I’ve only been from the bedroom to the living room,” he said. He’s afraid to even get near the front door.

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The Minnesotans trapped at home, too terrified of ICE to go outside: ‘Our house is like a jail’