Immigrant children fill this Minnesota town’s schools. Their bus driver is leading the backlash. (Goes to the Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald based on reporting from the Washington Post)

A Minnesota town is divided by refugees and immigrants in the town. A school bus driver is leading a campaign against expanding the school to accommodate them. He will not welcome them when they come on the bus, and resents driving through parts of town with large Hispanic populations.

Five times in just over five years, the district has asked residents to approve an expansion of its schools to handle the surge in enrollment. Five times, the voters have refused - the last time by a margin of 17 votes. A sixth referendum is scheduled for November.

The divide can be felt all over Worthington, where “Minnesota nice” has devolved into “Yes” and “No” window signs, boycotts on businesses and next-door neighbors who no longer speak. A Catholic priest who praised immigrants was booed from the pews and has received death threats.

The driving force behind the defeats has been a handful of white farmers in this Trump-supporting county, including Brink, the bus driver.

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