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42-Foot Long Quilt Represents 11,000 Stolen Minnesotans
By Meryl Ann Butler What happens when a community turns 12,500 tiny pieces of fabric into a 42-foot act of witness? More than 150 people created the MN Stolen Neighbors Quilt, a spectacular patchwork stretching 42 feet long. Each colorful square represents a Minnesotan taken by ICE. Unfurled at the State Capitol, the quilt transforms an enormous number into something tangible: individual pieces joined together into one unmistakable whole.
