Federal agents confront protesters in Minneapolis.Tom Baker/AP

As immigration officers in Minneapolis and St. Paul target daycares and schools, a growing number of parents are terrified to bring their kids in, according to St. Paul City Council member Molly Coleman. “We’re hearing this from folks regardless of immigration status,” even families who are here legally, she says.

Coleman told me that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers showed up at her son’s Spanish immersion daycare on Wednesday and also arrested a teacher at one of the daycare’s other locations in Minneapolis. She isn’t sure what happened to the teacher. “We know they were at public schools” this week, too, she adds: “They are everywhere you look.”

“Right-wing activists are spreading lies about Minnesota.”

Minneapolis Public Schools canceled classes on Thursday and Friday “out of an abundance of caution,” citing safety concerns related to the local ICE presence. The Trump administration has described its enforcement surge in the Twin Cities as the “largest immigration operation ever.” On Wednesday, a federal officer in Minneapolis fatally shot a 37-year-old woman who was trying to drive her vehicle away from agents, prompting widespread outrage. Administration officials have not disclosed exactly how many ICE officers are on the ground, but they’ve threatened to send up to 2,000.

Also on Wednesday, armed US Border Patrol officers went to Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis just........

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