The government gave these Minnesota immigrants permission to live and work here — then detained them

By: Madison McVan

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: May 22, 2026

Words: 2,353

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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Willi Rondon was arrested in his apartment parking lot by immigration agents nearly six months ago. His wife, Genesis Mendoza, was in the passenger seat and their 2-year-old son in the back.

Rondon didn’t get out of the car when agents first asked him to. A Spanish-speaking agent shouted at them: “Get out, a**hole — if you don’t, I’m taking her too, and your kid’s going to stay here crying,” Mendoza remembers him saying.

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