Overview
- C-SPAN cameras captured Rep. Angie Craig confronting House Majority Whip Tom Emmer after his social media posts defending ICE following the shooting of Renee Nicole Good.
- On Saturday morning, Reps. Ilhan Omar and Angie Craig and state Sen. Kelly Morrison said they were briefly let into, then turned away from, ICE’s Whipple Federal Building in St. Paul during an oversight visit.
- Federal officials have described the agent’s actions as self-defense, while widely shared videos from the scene have fueled challenges to that account.
- Minnesota Democrats, including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, have urged ICE to leave the state as Republicans rally behind the agency and call on observers not to interfere with operations.
- The episode is reshaping Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race, with Democratic contenders splitting over past immigration votes and GOP candidates aligning with the enforcement surge as calls grow for an independent investigation.