While Congress debates funding levels and introduces bill after bill, my own community in Minneapolis has been living through something far more immediate and devastating. In recent weeks, federal immigration enforcement actions have resulted in tragic deaths, shaking families, neighbors, and entire neighborhoods. ICE presence here has not felt like public safety. It has felt like terror. Armed agents, raids, protests, fear, grief, and unanswered questions have dominated daily life. This has been on all of our minds and right in front of us. And in the middle of that pain, I found myself asking a harder question: while our attention is consumed by crisis and trauma, what else is happening quietly, behind the scenes, when we are not paying attention?
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://uncommongathering.substack.com/p/shit-congress-didin-january