As ICE Moved In, Minnesotans Set Up a Shadow Medical System. It’s a Lesson for Other Cities. By Arthur Allen and Kate Wells March 5, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/minneapolis-immigration-crackdown-underground-medical-care-networks/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-99zqd2h8yUGIrfCPXuc0_LJ2r8r1-JZ3VWNG3_w0-K879vlKzw_VIp65uBsL9dgSdb4hhriCBMsRzJS9h1N4jTL98B-w&_hsmi=407097068&utm_content=407097068&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: As ICE Moved In, Minnesotans Set Up A Shadow Medical System. It’s A Lesson For Other Cities Gabi has big brown eyes, pigtails, and a genetic condition that makes her bones brittle. They fracture easily, leaving the 2-year-old in such pain that her mother quit her job cleaning offices to stay home and cradle her in the one-bedroom apartment they share with six relatives. When federal immigration agents descended on their city, officers deported Gabi’s father and detained her aunt. (Allen and Wells, 3/5)