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ICE arrest in a rural Montana town prompts a conservative community to take action

In a northeastern corner of Montana sits the small town of Froid. Rural and deeply conservative, it backed President Trump during every one of his White House runs. But earlier this year, when federal immigration agents detained one of the town's longtime residents, this tight knit community pushed back. Montana PBS's Matt Standal reports.

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In a northeastern corner of Montana sits the small town of Froid. Rural and deeply conservative, it backed President Trump during every one of his White House runs. But earlier this year, when federal immigration agents detained one of the town's longtime residents, this tight knit community pushed back. Montana PBS's Matt Standal reports.

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According to PBS News’s source item, ICE arrest in a rural Montana town prompts a conservative community to take action, In a northeastern corner of Montana sits the small town of Froid. Rural and deeply conservative, it backed President Trump during every one of his White House runs. But earlier this year, when federal immigration agents detained one of the town’s longtime residents, this tight knit community pushed back. Montana PBS’s Matt Standal reports.

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