In most ways, New Orleans and Minneapolis couldn’t be more different.

One city, nestled on the Gulf Coast, is a 307-year-old metropolis where millions of tourists flock every year to celebrate Mardi Gras, sample Cajun and Creole cuisine and explore centuries-old French architecture. Follow the Mississippi River over 1,000 miles north and you find Minnesota’s largest city, which developed as an industrial powerhouse and made waves as the site of massive racial justice protests after George Floyd was murdered there by a police officer in 2020.

But in both cities, a similar climate of fear has descended among immigrant communities as federal immigration enforcement operations begin.

Once-bustling shops and restaurants are quiet. Immigrants are avoiding work and keeping their childr

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