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‘Mormon Land’: What Minneapolis Latter-day Saints wish other members knew about life under ICE

“My heart is breaking,” says one, adding that church has become a “very tender place.”

(David Guttenfelder | The New York Times) A man carrying an American flag visits a makeshift memorial at the site where Alex Pretti was shot and killed in Minneapolis.

(David Guttenfelder | The New York Times) A man carrying an American flag visits a makeshift memorial at the site where Alex Pretti was shot and killed in Minneapolis.

Daily life in and around Minneapolis has taken on a sharper edge since the federal government unleashed a mass deportation campaign in the city.

Raids on suspected immigrants have become a common occurrence, observers on the ground report. Gas-mask-wearing protesters take frequently to frozen streets. Twice federal agents have shot and killed U.S. citizens, 37-year-old Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

Amid this chaos, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have sought to replace fear and isolation with faith and service — even as the church’s top leaders have remained largely silent on the issue.

Cindy Sandberg, left, and John Gustav-Wrathall.

On this week’s show, Cindy Sandberg and John Gustav-Wrathall talk about their experiences from the front lines in the beleaguered city.

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