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PBS News Hour - Segments

How the ICE operation in Minnesota is affecting medical care and mental health

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Despite the announcement of a drawdown in federal immigration enforcement agents in Minnesota, tensions remain high in the Twin Cities. Some communities say they've seen little change in the numbers of arrests or sightings of federal officers. As special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports, the crackdown has affected nearly every aspect of daily life, including the health of many residents. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Despite last week's announcement of a drawdown in federal immigration enforcement agents in Minnesota, tensions remain high in the Twin Cities.

0:08.4

Some communities say they've seen little change in the numbers of arrests or sightings of federal officers.

0:14.4

And as special correspondent Fred De Sam Lazaro reports, the crackdown has impacted nearly every aspect of daily life, including many residents' health.

0:25.3

This is a new routine for Viviana Salazar.

0:28.9

I already have a system.

0:30.6

Filling boxes at a Minneapolis food pantry for families now too afraid to leave their homes.

0:37.3

For weeks, networks of volunteers have sprung up across the Twin Cities

0:42.1

to bring supplies to community members who fear that even venturing to a grocery store

0:47.7

could lead to their arrest as part of the massive federal immigration crackdown known as Operation Metro Surge.

0:55.0

I received a message from a teacher saying my student had a glass of water for dinner.

1:03.0

So that to me was heartbreaking.

1:06.0

When we met Salazar, she was delivering food to a 45-year-old father who's been in hiding for more

1:11.9

than two months. He declined to be on camera, but spoke over the phone.

1:16.9

Day to day, what is the most difficult things that you have to deal with?

1:20.9

The most difficult thing is knowing what's happening and not being able to go out, locked in with fear that they come knock on your door.

1:30.3

Because of the fear and the worry, I cry.

1:33.3

It's the most heartbreaking thing to think about.

1:37.3

If you leave, you might not be able to come back.

1:41.3

The fear that is forcing people to shut themselves in extends far beyond just grocery shopping.

1:48.0

Children are not being sent to school.

1:50.0

Adults are not going to work, complicating the challenge of paying the rent.

1:54.0

And entire families are putting off going to the doctor.

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