{"id":69519,"date":"2026-03-20T06:55:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/how-a-minneapolis-childcare-center-survived-the-ice-surge-and-is-moving-forward\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T06:55:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:55:05","slug":"how-a-minneapolis-childcare-center-survived-the-ice-surge-and-is-moving-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/how-a-minneapolis-childcare-center-survived-the-ice-surge-and-is-moving-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Minneapolis childcare center survived the ICE surge \u2013 and is moving forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of volunteers, mostly over the age of 70, offer rides and serve as interpreters<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On a February afternoon at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/series\/the-guardian-in-spanish\">Spanish<\/a>-immersion childcare center in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/minneapolis\">Minneapolis<\/a>, dozens of toddlers grabbed puffy coats out of cubbies as parents shuffled them out the door.<\/p>\n<p>Down the hall, Michael, the husband of the center\u2019s director, stared intently at a monitor streaming the building\u2019s security footage, watching for any vehicles that might be carrying agents from US <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ice-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> (ICE). Since January, when federal agents descended on the Twin Cities as part of Operation Metro Surge, he\u2019s been leaving his own job early to volunteer here every afternoon.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/20\/minneapolis-childcare-center-ice-immigrants\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of volunteers, mostly over the age of 70, offer rides and serve as interpreters Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox On a February afternoon at a Spanish-immersion childcare center in Minneapolis, dozens of toddlers grabbed puffy coats out of cubbies as parents shuffled them out &#8230; <a title=\"How a Minneapolis childcare center survived the ICE surge \u2013 and is moving forward\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/how-a-minneapolis-childcare-center-survived-the-ice-surge-and-is-moving-forward\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How a Minneapolis childcare center survived the ICE surge \u2013 and is moving forward\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}