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Undocumented immigrant families and community organizers in Minneapolis have established clandestine grocery delivery networks this week to combat rising food insecurity caused by intensified Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity. Neighborhood advocates reported a sharp decline in school lunch participation and supermarket visits as families opt to remain indoors to avoid potential detention and deportation during a period of heightened federal enforcement. This shift toward isolation has effectively severed many vulnerable residents from public assistance programs and essential nutrition, prompting a grassroots response to prevent widespread hunger in the city's migrant corridors. Local non-profit organizations and informal volunteer groups are now navigating the city’s residential streets to deliver basic staples like rice, beans, and fresh produce directly to doorsteps. This underground logistics chain emerged after educators noticed that children who previously relied on free school meals were no longer attending or picking up food packets. The fear of being targeted in public spaces has become so pervasive that even legal residents within mixed-status households are avoiding government-sponsored distribution sites, fearing that their presence could draw unwanted surveillance to their homes. Social workers in the region emphasize that the current climate of fear is creating a secondary public health crisis. Beyond the immediate threat of deportation, the lack of consistent nutrition among school-aged children is expected to have long-term developmental and educational consequences. These secret grocery networks, while effective in the short term, are struggling to keep up with the sheer volume of demand as more families retreat into the shadows. Organizers are currently calling for greater protections and 'sanctuary' designations for food banks to ensure that no resident has to choose between their legal safety and their basic survival.