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How an errand for a 12-year-old immigrant in Minneapolis became an underground operation

In Minnesota, there is an extensive network of community members who are volunteering en masse to help one another. NPR's Jasmine Garsd tells the story of one family who needed to run one errand…and how it turned into a complex underground operation.

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Jasmine Garsd is an Argentine-American journalist living in New York. She is currently NPR's Criminal Justice correspondent and the host of The Last Cup. She started her career as the co-host of Alt.Latino, an NPR show about Latin music. Throughout her reporting career she's focused extensively on women's issues and immigrant communities in America. She's currently writing a book of stories about women she's met throughout her travels.

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