Inside Minneapolis as immigration enforcement sparks protests and community resistance

As immigration enforcement intensifies, Minneapolis communities retreat indoors while grassroots networks quietly mobilise in fear and solidarity

Federal agents clash with protesters in south Minneapolis on Wednesday after after federal agents detained two people. Photo: Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images

The International Institute of Minnesota cost $15m to build. In a way, Donald Trump helped pay for it. But not in a way you would imagine he’ll have liked.

“We did a huge fundraising campaign under the first Trump administration and I was thinking, ‘What terrible timing to be doing this’, given all he was saying,” said Jane Graupman, the executive director of the centre.