{"id":244428,"date":"2026-04-11T00:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T00:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/244428\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T00:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T00:59:07","slug":"3-drivers-help-bring-woman-and-her-mom-detained-by-ice-back-to-minnesota-from-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/244428\/","title":{"rendered":"3 drivers help bring woman and her mom, detained by ICE, back to Minnesota from Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since Operation Metro Surge started, there have been many stories of Minnesotans stepping up to help their neighbors. A Twin Cities man told WCCO what drove him to go all the way to Texas to help total strangers.<\/p>\n

“We did it. It’s what was required,” a Twin Cities husband told WCCO. He didn’t want to share his name because he says what he and his friends did wasn’t about them.<\/p>\n

WCCO decided to refer to him as Joe.<\/p>\n

“It was me and two other drivers,” he said. “We flew to Texas first and then drove up from there.”<\/p>\n

It was a nearly 24-hour journey to bring back a Venezuelan woman and her mom, who entered the U.S. legally as refugees in 2023. The two were detained for over a week this past winter.<\/p>\n

“They took us to Houston handcuffed at the hands, waists and feet,” the woman told the\u00a0Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“These folks did everything right. Did everything by the book,” Joe said.<\/p>\n

Driven by the sentiment, Joe, who is bilingual himself, and his friends felt like they should help when hearing about their case from a mutual friend.<\/p>\n

He said they bought their own flights to Texas and rented a car to bring the two back to Minnesota, and that the duo weren’t released with their IDs and had fears of coming back via air.<\/p>\n

“We just mentioned, ‘Hey, we’re here. We’re the guys you were told about. Come with us,'” Joe said.<\/p>\n

The motorists then hit the road, rotating who was behind the wheel as they headed back up north.<\/p>\n

“We chatted a bit. They wanted to tell their stories. We didn’t want to pressure them,” Joe added.<\/p>\n

It’s an experience both parties say will stick with them forever.<\/p>\n

“What we went through is something I wouldn’t wish on anyone,” the woman told the Associated Press.<\/p>\n

“These are small acts of kindness that many people do together, and they come together and accumulate to do good,” Joe said.<\/p>\n

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