India, Jan. 26 -- An Indian-origin writer residing in Minneapolis expressed her concerns and fears as the city finds itself caught in the storm affecting the US due to an intensified crackdown by ICE agents.

Writer and community advocate Kuhu Singh shared her experiences with PTI, explaining how, despite the presence of a significant immigrant population, the political atmosphere in Minneapolis has shifted her perspective.

Singh noted that the Twin Cities - Minneapolis and St Paul - are home to a substantial Somali and Hmong population (people from Laos who fled during the Vietnam War). "These people were escaping persecution and had sided with the US," she stated, adding that Indian-Americans like herself constitute another significant...