‘Not the same town anymore:’ ICE surge hit businesses in Worthington, where 1 in 3 are immigrants

By: Alex Baumhardt

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: February 13, 2026

Words: 1,462

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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WORTHINGTON — Typically about 10 to 15 cars and their new owners drive off the lot each month at Los Partners Auto Sales in Worthington, a small city in southwest Minnesota where roughly 1 in 3 residents is an immigrant.

But since early January, when the Trump administration ramped up its federal immigration operation to 3,000 agents, Larry Trovino has sold just three.

“People got scared to be on the street,” said Trovino, Los Partners’ …

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