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The Trump Administration Sows Chaos in Minnesota

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MS NOW, Ali Velshi

News, Ms Now, News Commentary, Ali Velshi, Versant, Politics, Versant Media, Government, Weekend News

4.7793 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME); MS NOW’s David Noriega; former NYPD Lieutenant Darrin Porcher; Immigration Attorney Allen Orr

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0:00.0

We're continuing this hour to follow developments in the killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretty by federal agents in Minneapolis this weekend.

0:12.2

In the wake of this latest killing, state and local officials from the Minneapolis mayor Jacob Fry to the Minnesota governor, Tim Wall Walls have renewed their demands that the Trump

0:21.4

administration remove federal immigration forces who are deployed to the city, forces that are

0:26.5

estimated to be as much as five times larger than the city's police force.

0:31.7

Yesterday, the Attorney General of the United States, Pam Bondi, sent Minnesota Governor Tim

0:36.2

Walls a letter. In it, she proposed a

0:39.6

three-step solution to, quote, bring back law and order in Minnesota, end quote. There was not a

0:45.4

law and order problem in Minnesota before ICE got there, by the way. Here's what she said Minnesota

0:49.7

officials need to do in order to get Trump's ICE troops off their streets to, quote, bring an end to the chaos.

0:55.7

Again, let's be clear.

0:56.9

There wasn't chaos in Minneapolis until ICE and CBP got there.

1:00.9

Number one, here's number one, the demand number one from the Attorney General.

1:03.8

Share the state's records on Medicaid and food and nutrition service programs.

1:10.4

Number two, repeal sanctuary policies. And number three,

1:14.9

quote, allow the civil rights division of the Department of Justice to access voter roles to

1:19.8

confirm that Minnesota's voter registration practices comply with federal law as authorized by the

1:25.0

Civil Rights Act of 1960, end quote.

1:28.8

Let's just be clear about this.

1:31.2

The Attorney General of the United States is not arguing that ICE and CBP need to be in

1:37.1

Minneapolis for real reasons of immigration enforcement.

1:40.5

She's saying, you don't like them there?

1:41.9

Fine.

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