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Podcast Special: “Enough is Enough”: The Fight Against ICE In Minnesota

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

News, Politics, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Minnesotans say ICE agents and other federal officers have been terrorizing residents as part of “Operation Metro Surge” for nearly a month. And as ICE’s enforcement becomes more militarized and their numbers grow, so does the network of resistance created by everyday citizens. 

We speak to a local grassroots organizer and a journalist about the latest on the ground, the support networks keeping the most vulnerable in Minneapolis safe, and what others can learn from them. 

“This occupation has disrupted our sense of normal, our sense of safety, our sense of community."

All eyes are on Minnesota.

Latino USA is the longest-running news and culture radio program in the U.S., centering Latino stories and hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa.

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0:00.0

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0:20.9

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0:26.6

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0:32.7

Let's go to the show.

0:44.1

Futuro. show. Lately, the streets in Minneapolis, Minnesota, often sound something like this.

0:55.9

Neighbors warning each other to stay inside, communities keeping watch on the streets and

1:02.9

documenting.

1:07.3

They broke her window, they told her out of her car, they have tear gas around children.

1:13.8

Stop meeting you with the face! That's his face! Stop it!

1:18.7

They're responding to ICE, Border Patrol, and other federal agents who've been violently detaining

1:24.9

people under so-called targeted immigration raids in the

1:29.3

frigid weather across the state of Minnesota.

1:32.6

You have documentation.

1:34.0

I do have my documentation.

1:35.5

You presented to me, please.

1:36.3

Why you asked me for my paperwork?

1:38.1

Because of your accent.

1:39.8

I still, you have an accent, too.

1:42.6

A family says three of their children, including a six-month-old, were hospitalized after

1:47.7

agents reportedly fired tear gas at their vehicle.

1:50.8

I've seen two people abducted directly in front of me, grabbed off the street, just pedestrians,

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