Little Earth housing community faces immigration crackdown in Minneapolis
The Little Earth Native housing complex in Minneapolis became a focus of federal immigration enforcement efforts during a surge in January and early February, according to ICT.
Parents at the 212-unit housing community said they feared their children could be detained as nearly 3,000 armed federal agents, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol personnel, were sent to the city as part of Operation Metro Surge, ICT reported. Donavan Begay Postier, Diné and director of adult and family empowerment programs for the Little Earth Residents’ Association, said agents entered the community several times and questioned parents near the Little Earth Neighborhood Early Learning Center.
On Jan. 6, ICE agents attempted to enter Little Earth but were turned away by property managers, according to ICT. Begay Postier said residents organized to monitor enforcement activity and provide food deliveries and space for tribal ID services while some families kept children home from school.
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