Overview
- Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig and Kelly Morrison said they were briefly allowed into the Whipple Federal Building before officials told them to leave and rescinded access.
- Craig and Morrison said staff cited funding rules for the facility, while DHS issued a statement saying members must give seven days’ notice and referenced safety and court-order concerns.
- The lawmakers pointed to federal law and a December court ruling allowing unannounced congressional inspections of ICE detention facilities, calling the removal an obstruction of oversight.
- The confrontation followed days of protests after an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, with videos showing heavily armed, masked agents guarding the facility and recent clashes outside the site.
- Parallel accountability efforts remain in flux as the FBI leads the federal probe and Minnesota prosecutors say they will launch their own investigation, even as national political tensions intensify.