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Refugees have historically been shielded from immigration enforcement in the U.S., and that includes deportation.

Now that's changing.

It started this month in Minnesota.

Reports of door-to-door visits from immigration officers to refugees' homes,

ICE agents making arrests in grocery store parking lots at workplaces and outside of schools,

and letters sent to refugees in the process of receiving their green cards, asking them to present themselves in person.

The letters have very little information. One line

printed at the top reads, please come to the office listed below at the time and place indicated

in connection with an official matter. Then a date, a time, and the address to the Whipple Federal

Building, immigration headquarters in Minneapolis. When refugees arrive for their appointments,

their questions, sometimes for hours, and in some cases, arrested and detained on the spot.

The Trump administration last year announced an operation to review all refugees admitted

under the Biden presidency, that's some 200,000 people across the country. Now that operation is launched, aimed at Minnesota's 5,600 refugees.

Today on the show, we take a closer look at the operation

and what immigration lawyers are calling the ICE conveyor belt with our guests.

I'm Jen White. You're listening to the 1A podcast. Stay with us. We've got a lot to get into.

Let's start the conversation by meeting our guests. Jane Gropman is the executive director of the International Institute of Minnesota. It's a nonprofit serving refugees in the state.

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