How Twin Cities mental health advocates are responding to trauma – again

By: Deanna Pistono

Outlets: MinnPost

Published: January 13, 2026

Words: 463

Last Updated: 2 weeks ago

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Refugees and asylum seekers who had graduated from needing mental health services called Sara Nelson last week.

The program manager at the Center for Victims of Torture, which supports people who have survived torture, said those calling wanted to restart services following ramped up Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) action in the Twin Cities that included the shooting death of Renee Good by an ICE agent. Other clients, out of fear for their own …

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