As the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration continues and the administration prepares the military for deployment, Minnesota organizers describe Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s presence as so pervasive and violent that some question whether the deployment of the actual military would even affect conditions there in practical terms.
Christa Sarrack, the president of Unite Here Local 17, a Minnesota hospitality workers union, told Salon that union members were afraid to go to work in hotels and airports in particular due to the ICE presence there.