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Throughout the course of Operation Metro Surge, countless people have been detained “despite showing documents proving active immigration cases, pending visas, or even US citizenship.” ICE then confiscates immigration documents, in many cases refusing to return them upon release.

Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a 56-year-old blind Rohingya refugee, was found dead outside after being abandoned by Border Patrol. Alam, who couldn’t speak English, was left at a location he didn’t know, miles away from his home, and his family and lawyer were never notified.

The Administration is considering an executive order requiring banks to verify current and future customers’ citizenship. If enacted, it would represent the latest plan to use private industry to enforce immigration policy.

ILCM’s Julia Decker and St. Cloud State Profession Dr. Christopher Lehman discussed the parallels between Minnesota's historical tolerance for slavery and modern-day support of mass deportation.