The drawdown has begun, but the occupation isn’t over. Before Metro Surge, there were already 150 ICE agents here in Minneapolis, and presumably they will stay on and maintain the recent violence, in shrunken form. The others will direct their terror elsewhere, driving other families inside. But in the near future, those who have been sheltering will finally be able to emerge. Marisol, when she’s healed, will return to work, and before then, she will have physical therapy appointments. Pedro will start accepting deliveries, and Luz will drive to clients’ homes to clean. But like the organizer said to me, we’ve been changed. We can’t go back.
