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Opinion | Mothering in Minnesota during and after the ICE surge

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By Kao Kalia Yang
| The Minnesota Star Tribune Verified
Opinion | Mothering in Minnesota during and after the ICE surge My kids have started playing in the yard again, and their classmates have slowly returned to school. But the fear isn’t fully gone. Guest contributor to the Minnesota Star Tribune Children play games on the floor as they have taken shelter in their own home in Mankato on Jan. 16. (Elizabeth Flores/The Minnesota Star Tribune) Comment Gift Share Listen Print My kids were scared during Operation Metro Surge.
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Voices Without Borders

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By Dinaw Mengestu, Kao Kalia Yang, Jonas Attilus
| pen.org
PEN America and the East Side Freedom Library are pleased to present Dinaw Mengestu, Burhan Sönmez, and Kao Kalia Yang in a timely conversation about the role of writers and the power of solidarity in moments when human rights and democratic values are under strain. Drawing on their experiences as writers shaped by displacement, censorship, migration, and political upheaval, the speakers will explore the role of literature as witness, refuge, and resistance.
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Opinion | What I told my children to do if I’m taken by ICE

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By Kao Kalia Yang
| The Minnesota Star Tribune Verified
Opinion | What I told my children to do if I’m taken by ICE Writer Kao Kalia Yang shares her fears as a naturalized citizen after seeing others like her being swept up in the immigration crackdown. January 31, 2026 at 10:59AM ICE agents in Minneapolis on Jan. 28.
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