{"id":2148,"date":"2026-01-20T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/how-much-can-a-city-take\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:00:00","slug":"how-much-can-a-city-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/how-much-can-a-city-take\/","title":{"rendered":"How much can a city take?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/268257_Minneapolis_ICE_SGarcia_0039.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-none\">I live in Minneapolis. I grew up not far from here, in a suburb of St. Paul; after stints on both coasts, my wife and I settled here to raise our daughters in a freezing state that had always welcomed us warmly. As the ongoing occupation by over 3,000 ICE agents stretches into its third week &#8211; with no clear end in sight &#8211; I&rsquo;ve received a steady string of messages from increasingly concerned friends across the country. They all start the same way: <em>Uh\u2026 is this really as bad as it looks from the outside?<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">My answer to that question is easy: no, it&rsquo;s worse. Not since the pandemic has my daily life been ruptured in such a frightening and surreal  \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/864195\/minneapolis-ice-invasion-organizing-immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I live in Minneapolis. 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