Around 2,000 federal agents are being deployed to Minneapolis as part of the Trump administration’s latest effort to crack down on immigration, two law enforcement officials told CNN, while the city and its officials are reeling from a welfare fraud scandal that’s reaching a fever pitch this week.

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Until recently, I’d never had the opportunity to visit Minneapolis, a city that looms large—almost romantically—in my ...