On Tuesday, around 9 a.m., Erik Godinez missed a call from his mother. When he called back, her words made his heart sink.

"She answered and said that ICE had raided Bro-Tex and that they are going to be taking my uncle and my cousin," Godinez said.

He raced to Bro-Tex, Inc., the paper distribution company in St. Paul, Minnesota. By that time, a crowd had formed, with community activists and neighbors answering calls on social media to respond to what the U.S. Department of Homeland Security later said was an operation that resulted in 14 people being arrested on "immigration operations."

The federal agency has declined to provide any additional information, including what charges the 14 people face.

As protesters and federal officers clashed, Godinez tried to work out what happened

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