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‘I’m Witnessing a Lot of Emptiness’: How ICE Uprooted Normal Life in Minneapolis

Lina Misitzis, Katie Thornton

created: Jan. 21, 2026, 11 a.m. | updated: Jan. 23, 2026, 2:39 p.m.

Yesterday I got out of the gym I go to, and a vehicle pulled up and it just sat there. It had really heavy-tinted windows, and I just stopped and I pulled my whistle out and I just waited. It became clear that they were meeting someone, so another car pulled up, and I could hear them talking and kind of laughing. Ryan Ecklund, 45, realtor who was detained after filming federal agentsI didn't go looking for ICE. They're just here to scare people, and that's what they're doing to me right now.

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