A story of surviving Minnesota’s record surge in legal appeals over unconstitutional ICE detentions

By: Cleo Krejci and Shadi Bushra

Outlets: MinnPost

Published: February 27, 2026

Words: 1,962

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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Inside a Texas detention facility last month, Esme repeated the advice a guard gave her: Eat the food they give you. Don’t cry. Keep your family in your heart.

“I know it’s hard, but it’s the only way you can survive here,” she recalled the guard telling her.

Of the hundreds of people recently detained by immigration authorities in Minnesota, Esme was among the more fortunate: by the time agents flew her to …

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