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Minnesota and the battle to cripple ICE
Washington Examiner ^ | January 20, 2026 10:25 am | Byron York

Posted on 01/20/2026 7:07:27 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

You’ve seen videos of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers struggling to apprehend illegal immigrants in Minneapolis and elsewhere around the country. Many of those immigrants have criminal records. The reason ICE struggles to detain them is that heavily Democratic jurisdictions, such as Minneapolis, specifically make it hard for immigration authorities to detain criminal illegal immigrants.

That’s the point of sanctuary laws — to erect a barrier between the illegal immigrant and federal immigration law. In a more normal world, when a person who is in the country illegally and who has committed another crime is released from jail, local authorities would notify federal immigration officials, who would then pick up the illegal immigrant and put them on the path to deportation.

Not in sanctuary jurisdictions. Their laws, passed by Democratic local and state governments, forbid local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. If ICE wants to deport a criminal who is in the country illegally, it’ll have to find them itself. That is what often leads to the scenes of ICE officers showing up in neighborhoods.

“There’s a very simple remedy to [the troubles in Minneapolis],” Republican strategist Matt Gorman said on Fox News Sunday. “Let state and local law enforcement let ICE into the jails to get the worst of the worst out. This is happening because [local authorities] are not cooperating … The goal of Democrats is to make all this enforcement as messy and as complicated as possible, so you get a lot of these scenes.”

Watching events in Minneapolis and other blue cities, if the goal of Democrats is to make ICE’s work “as messy and complicated as possible,” they have certainly succeeded.

Meanwhile, in Washington, a bitter debate about the future of ICE is underway and likely to intensify in the coming days as...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: minnesota

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1 posted on 01/20/2026 7:07:27 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

DemonicRATS didn’t oppose ICE when Ubama was deporter-in-chief.


2 posted on 01/20/2026 7:11:47 PM PST by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Just ask the mayor of each city if they want Federal help. If not, then just protect Federal buildings and the employees. Illegal gang members will know where to go and be safe. Just see how elections can change.


3 posted on 01/20/2026 7:13:35 PM PST by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months. Is that a big deal?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The future of ICE? Double it’s size? Lots of work to do.


4 posted on 01/20/2026 7:27:34 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“There’s a very simple remedy to [the troubles in Minneapolis],” Republican strategist Matt Gorman said on Fox News Sunday. “Let state and local law enforcement let ICE into the jails to get the worst of the worst out. >>> This is a rational solution but the commies will not allow Trump to do this. Trump needs to manage this some how. not sure but it is his problem. Part of building the wall.


5 posted on 01/20/2026 7:28:42 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And they can disband ICE. Fold it into homeland security and change the name to “homeless advocacy helpers agency”. HAHA.


6 posted on 01/20/2026 7:32:49 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: Libloather

The future of ICE? Double it’s size? Lots of work to do. >>> Or disband it. move it under homeland and change the name to “homeless advocacy helper agency”, (HAHA)


7 posted on 01/20/2026 7:34:11 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
No, it's the battle to cripple ICE DESTROY THE USA
8 posted on 01/20/2026 7:37:00 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: kvanbrunt2

The future of ICE? Double it’s size? Lots of work to do. >>> Or disband it. move it under homeland and change the name to “homeless advocacy helper agency”, (HAHA) or may be an acronym like MOM. so they can go around saying F*** MOM or maybe MYMOM then f**** MYMOM or maybe ME then f*** ME.


9 posted on 01/20/2026 7:37:42 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Mass deportation is not pretty. But that’s what I voted for. I am ecstatic that 2.6 million are already gone. I don’t care if we have to steam roll every blue state in the Union. If it takes the insurrection act and martial law so be it.


10 posted on 01/20/2026 7:39:07 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Texas Eagle

That’s because they’re hypocrites.


11 posted on 01/20/2026 7:55:52 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Libloather

Correct.


12 posted on 01/20/2026 7:56:01 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
More accurate title ...

Democrat Party and its Battle to Defeat the U.S.

13 posted on 01/20/2026 7:58:49 PM PST by TigersEye (The Democrat/leftist strategy is "maximum chaos until collapse is acheived.")
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lol.

[law on loosers]


14 posted on 01/20/2026 8:00:58 PM PST by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I see we’re on the same page here. (see #13)


15 posted on 01/20/2026 8:05:17 PM PST by TigersEye (The Democrat/leftist strategy is "maximum chaos until collapse is acheived.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Many of those immigrants have criminal records.”

Watched a presser with President Trump some time today before he left for Davos...among the topics was all the crimmigrants being rounded up in Minneapolis - he calmly flashed 8x11 photos of these animals who looked the worst of the worst of humanity. I noted that were no black or white people to speak of, they were all foreigners.

I vehemently disagree with Trump by putting them in jail, would much rather they disappeared - sharks need to eat too.


16 posted on 01/20/2026 8:06:46 PM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: quantim

Free helicopter rides are a good way to do it.


17 posted on 01/20/2026 8:10:39 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ( Klaatu barada nikto.)
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To: TigersEye

Yep. They are at war with Western Civilization, the Constitution, and the Republic. It looks a lot like 1859-1860.


18 posted on 01/20/2026 8:15:39 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I couldn’t agree more. General Pinochet was a genius.


19 posted on 01/20/2026 8:27:00 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Mark

Maybe, just sweep all the places where they can go unimpeded.
Just deport everybody from those places.
Then the illegals will all flock to these “sanctuary” cities and make them real hell.
Maybe then, they would decide to invite ICE into these?!


20 posted on 01/20/2026 9:05:19 PM PST by AZJeep (sane )
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