一個城市能承受多少?Federal officers retreat as demonstrators protest outside of the Whipple federal building on January 17, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Protests have ramped up around the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area following the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an immigration enforcement agent during an incident in south Minneapolis on January 7. (Photo by Steven Garcia/The Verge)

我住在明尼阿波利斯。我在這裡不遠的聖保羅郊區長大;經歷過兩岸的生活後,我和妻子選擇在這個一直熱情歡迎我們的寒冷州份安家,撫養我們的女兒。隨著超過 3,000 名 ICE 特工的持續佔領已經進入第三周,且沒有明確的結束跡象,我收到了來自全國各地越來越關心的朋友們不斷發來的訊息。他們的開場白都一樣:呃… 這真的如外面看起來那麼糟糕嗎?我對這個問題的回答很簡單:不,是更糟。自從疫情以來,我的日常生活未曾如此驚恐和超現實地被打斷過……

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