Maya Rao
Reporter
Race and ImmigrationRao wrote for The Press of Atlantic City and The Philadelphia Inquirer before moving to Minnesota in January 2012. She previously covered the federal government for the Star Tribune.
Latest from Maya Rao
News & Politics
Flights canceled for hundreds of Minnesota-bound refugees
President Donald Trump issued an executive order suspending refugee admissions.
January 24, 2025
Politics
Minnesota AG joins 21 other states in legal action to block Trump order ending birthright citizenship
Keith Ellison, other plaintiffs say Trump’s order is unconstitutional.
January 21, 2025
Minneapolis
Minnesota marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day against backdrop of Trump’s inauguration
The federal holiday is “a day for us to remember that we are all one people,” acclaimed journalist and Minnesota native Michele Norris said.
January 20, 2025
Politics
Minnesota immigrant communities, advocates brace for Trump’s crackdown
He promised as a candidate to carry out unprecedented deportations.
January 18, 2025
Culture
Praying to be reunited: Somali refugees anticipate longer family separations under Trump
The president-elect is vowing to suspend refugee admissions.
December 27, 2024
News & Politics
For Minnesota’s undocumented workers, a rising fear as second Trump term looms
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to office, undocumented workers and their families in Minnesota face uncertainty and concern about what’s in store.
December 17, 2024
Greater Minnesota
‘People will die’: Testimony showed repeated warnings about perilous Canadian border crossing
Trial showed missed chances to try to rescue migrants on the deadly 2022 journey.
November 23, 2024
Greater Minnesota
2 men found guilty in deadly Minnesota border crossing case
A jury convicted two men on all counts for their roles in a human smuggling network that arranged the passage of a family of four migrants who froze to death as they got lost in a blizzard.
November 22, 2024
Culture
Praying to be reunited: Somali refugees anticipate longer family separations under Trump
The president-elect is vowing to suspend refugee admissions.
December 27, 2024
News & Politics
For Minnesota’s undocumented workers, a rising fear as second Trump term looms
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to office, undocumented workers and their families in Minnesota face uncertainty and concern about what’s in store.
December 17, 2024
Greater Minnesota
‘People will die’: Testimony showed repeated warnings about perilous Canadian border crossing
Trial showed missed chances to try to rescue migrants on the deadly 2022 journey.
November 23, 2024
Greater Minnesota
2 men found guilty in deadly Minnesota border crossing case
A jury convicted two men on all counts for their roles in a human smuggling network that arranged the passage of a family of four migrants who froze to death as they got lost in a blizzard.
November 22, 2024