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Erin Burnett OutFront

MN Official: ICE Releasing Stats That Are “Nowhere Close” To Reality

Erin Burnett OutFront

CNN

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3.9715 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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The White House defends a fake image of an anti-ICE protester saying the memes will continue. This as a Minnesota official says ICE is also misleading Americans on important numbers. Plus, the Trump administration is now investigating more than a dozen Democratic states.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Out front next, the White House defending a fake image of an anti-ice protester saying the memes will continue.

0:09.0

This is a Minnesota official says ICE is also misleading Americans on important numbers.

0:14.0

He's our guest, and so is the lawyer for the woman arrested for protesting at a church service.

0:19.0

Plus more breaking news this hour, the Trump administration

0:21.9

now investigating more than a dozen Democratic states, including New Jersey. The state's new

0:27.7

governor, Mikey Sherrill, is out front tonight. And Trump is a, quote, deeply psychiatrically

0:32.9

disordered man. That from the president's niece, Mary Trump. So what changes has she noticed in the

0:39.4

president? She's our guest. Let's go out front. Good evening. I'm Aaron Burnett. And out front

0:47.1

tonight, the memes will continue. Those are the flippant words from the White House about the

0:52.1

misinformation it is putting out about an anti-ice protester. And all of it coming as tensions on the ground in Minneapolis are high.

0:59.8

We're talking about this image of Nikima Levi-Armstrong. She is one of the organizers of the

1:05.2

protest that interrupted a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota. Now, she was on this program last

1:10.7

night. She was arrested today.

1:13.2

Now, let's take a look at the image. It appears to show Armstrong crying. It was posted by the White

1:18.2

House with the headline arrested. Now, the problem with it is, is that it is fake. And there are

1:24.1

several ways we know that. First, Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noam actually posted

1:30.1

the actual image. It shows Armstrong being led away with a serious expression on her face. Absolutely,

1:35.7

no tears. Secondly, the White House essentially admitted it was doctored when asked about it. The White

1:41.3

House response was, enforcement of the law will continue. The memes will continue.

1:46.3

A meme. Now, obviously, nowhere in their original post of her crying did they say or suggest it was a meme.

1:51.6

It was just put out from their official account which Americans should be able to trust as truth, federal government, an actual official site.

1:59.7

Well, this is what Armstrong was talking about

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