A holy day on ICE

Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Christians around the world celebrated Timket, or Epiphany, on 19 January. Families usually gather for a day of faith and community. In the US, however, ICE knocked the wind out of the holiday in Minneapolis and St Paul in Minnesota, where many people who immigrated from the Horn of Africa live.

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