It all began after a viral video alleging fraud in Somali-run child care centers in Minneapolis: strangers peering through windows, right-wing…
Samsam Khalif plays with children at her home-based child care center Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Samsam Khalif shows a child a stuffed animal as she prepares for nap time at her home-based child care center Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Samsam Khalif closes curtains as she prepares for nap time at her home-based child care center Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Samsam Khalif works with children at her home-based child care center Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Samsam Khalif prepares for meal time at her home-based child care center Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Palestinian children fill plastic bottles with water at a tent camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Minneapolis residents shelter immigrant children separated from parents and sought by federal agents
As more than 2,000 federal agents surge in Minneapolis in an immigration crackdown and clash with protesters on the streets, countless residents are also quietly resisting the operation through grassroots networks sheltering and supporting immigrants. Former Trump supporter Feliza Martinez is rallying volunteers to support immigrant children with food, financial support and shelter. Earlier this month, Martinez relocated a family of 10 to a safe house in south Minneapolis after their Ecuadorian mother was detained for illegally entering the country in 2022. Federal agents have pursued her children, and the older siblings fear they will be separated from their 5-month-old U.S. citizen brother.
Two people have officially been charged in connection to an incident in which a two-year-old accidentally shot his four-year-old sibling in Talbot County, according to police.
A health worker registers children for cholera vaccination in Blantyre, southern Malawi, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi)
