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Homan in Minneapolis: "Effective immediately, we will draw down 700 people effective today."

Tina Smith@smith.senate.govFeb 4(source)

3,000 – 700 = still too many ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA

Kyle Griffin

Opinion | Senator Tina Smith: I Won’t Vote to Fund ICE Until It Gets Out of My State

Trump 'border czar' Tom Homan says 700 immigration officers will be withdrawn from Minnesota immediately. Roughly 3,000 officers are currently deployed in the state.

Tina Smith@smith.senate.govFeb 3(source)

ICE detained multiple kids (all under the age of 10!) in the last week alone. Still kidnapping people based solely on the way they look. Still arresting parents at school pick up. Nothing has changed in Minnesota. Nice words from the Admin won’t change that. ICE leaving will.

Tina Smith@smith.senate.govFeb 3(source)

Bovino needs to go. Noem needs to go. Miller needs to go. But firing or impeaching any of these people will not unilaterally change what’s happening in Minnesota. That’s why Congress needs to exert some muscle over DHS/ICE funding.

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The New York Times@nytimes.comJan 29(source)

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “We need to rip ICE down to the studs and start over,” Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota writes. “In the wake of this catastrophe, there is no reason we can’t come up with a way of enforcing our laws that doesn’t trample on our values and our Constitution.”

Minnesotans have stood up for common decency and our founding principles.

Tina Smith@smith.senate.govFeb 2(source)

People are still being profiled. People are still being wrongfully detained. People still can’t go to work or school out of fear. Do not look away and do not buy any political spin coming out of DHS. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA.

Tina Smith@smith.senate.govFeb 2(source)

Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.

Tina Smith@smith.senate.govFeb 1(source)

Thank you @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for bringing Liam back to his friends and families. He endured more than any 5-year-old ever should. Now more than ever, we need to get ICE out of Minnesota.

Liam Conejo Ramos sitting on a coach smiling at the camera and Congressman Joaquin Castro standing behind the couch smiling at Liam.

Tina Smith@smith.senate.govFeb 1(source)

Welcome home, Liam!

Joaquin Castro

@joaquincastrotx.bsky.social

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

ICE needs to be ripped down to the studs. We need to start over and hold this Administration accountable for this mess. Nothing has changed. Minnesota is still suffering and sending in a new guy to run ICE won’t change that – but Congress can.

New York Times Opinion

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"We need to rip ICE down to the studs and start over," Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota writes. "In the wake of this catastrophe, there is no reason we can’t come up with a way of enforcing our laws that doesn’t trample on our values and our Constitution."

The Northland is bitter cold, but our hearts are warm. That’s what makes us great.

Giving a ride to those stranded at the Whipple building after wrongful detainment, bringing coffee to legal observers, delivering groceries to those too scared to leave their homes out of fear of racial profiling, or standing on a street corner holding a sign to let each other know we are not alone.

We have always organized and shown up for each other. It’s in our blood. That’s why nobody should be surprised that so many Minnesotans have volunteered what little free time they have to help one another.

Tina Smith@smith.senate.govJan 29(source)

My vote against DHS/ICE funding was for every Minnesotan afraid to leave their house, every Minnesotan who has been unfairly targeted, and every Minnesotan volunteering in freezing temperatures to keep our communities safe. Minnesotans haven’t given up, and neither will I.

ICE isn’t just targeting the Twin Cities. There’s horror stories in Mankato, Willmar and across Minnesota. Immigration attorneys are still getting hundreds of calls every day from every corner of the state. ICE out now.

I support cleaning house at DHS. Greg Bovino should be fired. Kristi Noem should be fired. Stephen Miller should be fired. But none of those things alone will fix ICE – a new figure will take their place, and nothing will change unless Congress exerts some muscle here.

Reposted byTina Smith

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.socialJan 28(source)

New on MS NOW: Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says Kristi Noem "should be out of a job."

www.senate.gov/legislative/...

U.S. Senate: Floor Proceedings

Floor Activity

I’m taking the Senate floor to share the story of what’s happening in Minnesota at the hands of ICE and CBP – but more importantly, I’ll be imploring my colleagues (regardless of party) to use our power to rein in ICE’s lawlessness. Tune in at 3:10pm CT/4:10pm ET

A black-and-white graphic that reads MINNESOTA STRONG alongside a small common loon, which is Minnesota’s state bird