How one Minnesota family is managing life after deportation

By: Madison McVan

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: June 15, 2026

Words: 1,844

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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These days, Blanca Lara feels like crying most of the time.

She struggles to sleep without her husband beside her. Her sons, 4 and 2, spend most of the day in front of the TV in their Burnsville apartment, glued to YouTube videos of men constructing houses in the jungle. In the kitchen, 42-year-old Lara makes pupusas for them, stuffing masa balls with beans or, on good days, shredded pork, …

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