The anti-immigration policies of the Trump administration, enforced mainly by the immigration police ICE, are dividing the Swiss expatriate community in the United States. Some see the crackdown as the rise of an authoritarian regime, while others defend it as a necessary fight against illegal immigration. Minneapolis, a major city in the upper Midwest of the United States, has been in the spotlight for several weeks. The population and the state authorities are opposing the actions of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and Border Patrol agents, who are tasked with arresting undocumented immigrants. The killing of two American citizens by federal agents sent shockwaves across the country and beyond. Although the Trump administration announced last week that it was pulling 700 ICE agents out of Minneapolis, the situation remains tense in the state of Minnesota’s most populous city. Some 2,000 police officers are to remain in place. Different realities just miles apart “We ...
