The university’s policies on immigration lack protections and clarity, students say — a shift from years prior. On his way back from the gym, third-year University of Minnesota student Mascuud Ali turned the corner onto the street of his Hopkins apartment and found the whole block surrounded by federal agents. Unable to make it any…
The survey also found impacts on mental health and political engagement — and that many students still carried identification documents to campus well after the surge ended. University of Minnesota students report lower levels of trust in police and less faith in U.S. democracy following the federal government’s Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis early this…
Caroline Frame is a senior at the University of Minnesota studying strategic communications. “I work in a restaurant in South Minneapolis, where I feel like all the coworkers are really close and have a good community there. A lot of our back-of-house staff were at immediate risk of ICE agents coming into the restaurant. “It…
University of Minnesota Law School students are contributing their legal skills to help the community deal with the influx of habeas corpus petitions. As the legal challenges to a huge influx of immigrant detentions have flooded the state’s system, University of Minnesota Law School students are volunteering to help Twin Cities attorneys manage the work. …
Ahmad Wazwaz is a third-year law student at the University of Minnesota. He was born and raised in Minnesota and attended the University of Minnesota for his undergraduate degree. “For me, ICE has had a profound impact. I was in France last semester, so I came back on Dec. 18, and immediately I could tell…
Mira Arvind is a senior at the University of Minnesota studying industrial systems engineering. “My parents are immigrants. My parents are from India originally, so my dad came here in the ’90s for his master’s. He went to school in Duluth. So that’s kind of how he got settled down here. Then my mom came…
