“This is a reckless operation. It's tearing communities apart, and it's traumatizing our neighbors,” Rep. Kelly Morrison said after visiting the Whipple Federal Building. She also described the atmosphere inside as chaotic, disorganized and unsafe.

Thank you, @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social , I hope you can speak to leadership in Congress to make sure they clearly understand that this is happening, there has been no slowdown and it is not right. It isn't acceptable for people to be treated like this in Minnesota or elsewhere.

JUST IN: The five-year-old Columbia Heights Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, who have been in an ICE detention facility in Texas, are on their way home.

Watch the video as a recklessly driven cheap car careens around and a gang of armed thugs spring out to menace an innocent civilian, like a kidnapping or robbery or murder-for-hire. It looks like organized crime taking place in a third-world country, because it is.

Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept." Astonishing thing for a judge to do.

More than 110 lawmakers from 27 states came together for a Day of Solidarity with Minnesota communities. States have both the authority and the obligation to protect civil rights, demand accountability, and act together when our constitutional rights and democratic principles are threatened.

Visited the very beautiful memorial commemorating Alex Pretti. I appreciate the care of neighbors and friends who have left candles and flowers along with tributes to the wonderful person who was such a good caregiver to everyone he knew.

I was proud to see Richfield Mayor Supple testify today along with St Louis Park Mayor Mohamed about the impact of illegal ICE activity on their communities. Mayor Supple conveyed the impact on trust and safety in her community and others across our state along with enormous negative economic impact

We live in a metropolitan area of the United States. People who are going about their lives like other Americans are being taken away for no reason and trauma is being inflicted at schools, hospitals, neighborhoods. It’s appalling that complaints are made about their dining options being affected.

Today, in a massive show of support, 1,025 organizations, including immigrant justice, human rights, civil rights, faith, and labor organizations, sent a letter to members of Congress to express horror, outrage & deep grief about the recent shooting deaths by federal agents in Minneapolis.

“Operation Metro Surge has been an unmitigated disaster.” Those were words of a Republican candidate and attorney as he dropped his bid for Minnesota governor yesterday. Where are the voices of our state’s Republican elected leaders? Silence is complicity.

Imagine being a congressman from Minnesota and caring so little about what’s happening here that you just copy and paste talking points. If you’re not writing your own statements and you’re not holding town halls, what exactly are we paying you for?

A statement released by the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you."

In honor of Alex and Renee. May our communities feel connected and strengthened despite distance and the cold temperatures this day.

The killing of Alex Pretti is another devastating event that hurts all of us in our community. It’s senseless and ICE must leave our state NOW. My senate colleagues and I have shared the statement below ❤️

Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...

"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality." -James Baldwin, from Notes on the House of Bondage (The Nation, 1980) #everynightapoem #ofsorts

ICE detained St. Paul resident ChongLy Scott Thao in his underwear. The suspect whom agents were looking for was already in prison — and has been there since Sept. 4, 2024. bit.ly/4qxjGeJ

Here is a literal preschooler wearing a Spider-Man backpack, just like all of our kids, as the hand of a much larger masked ICE agent holds onto his backpack, as if he were a flight risk.

To any colleagues who don't see a problem with what ICE is doing in Minnesota: What's it going to take? When is enough, enough?

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

"'Our operations are lawful, targeted and focused on individuals who pose a serious threat to this community,' Bovino said..." Again, Liam is **five**. Five years old.

Terrorizing our kids is not going to make our communities safer. ICE needs to end this surge in Minnesota – and I refuse to vote to send more funding to DHS and ICE when they continue to trample on the rights of Minnesotans and make our communities less safe.

2 children, one of them an elementary student confirmed to be in a Texas detention facility. Incredible

An assault on our democracy and the rule of law. Speaking out against what our government is doing is not a crime in America—not now, not ever.

Patient health is the number one priority. Health care workers should never be forced to choose between doing their job and protecting their patients from masked agents. Any ICE presence in health care settings endangers everyone. My statement with other legislators: senatedfl.mn/lawmakers-re...

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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"

🚨BREAKING: @ag.state.mn.us just announced that the state (along with the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul) is suing the Department of Homeland Security to end Operation Metro Surge and get ICE out of Minnesota. ICE OUT NOW!

The Native American Caucus condemns the illegal ICE detention of Oglala Sioux relatives and a Red Lake Nation descendant, and interrogation and harassment of countless community members. Deportation of people who have existed on these lands is not only impossible, it is absurd.

They’re targeting and invading Minnesota. Cutting off all of our federal funding and flooding our state with federal agents with no purpose. They’re here to terrorize, cause chaos to justify their unlawful cruelty. Enough.

Attacks on our immigrant communities are compounding the harm that Minnesotans are enduring thru federal funding freezes. Childcare providers and families report growing fear and uncertainty about their daily lives… 1/2

I issued a statement earlier today expressing my support for the Attorney General’s suit to block the Trump freeze of childcare funding and I’m glad to see that a judge has put a temporary restraining order in place tonight. senatedfl.mn/senator-meli...

Great news: we have secured a temporary pause to Trump’s latest assault on the most vulnerable Minnesota families. My team and I will be in court working to permanently block Trump’s illegal and deeply cruel actions.

Tomorrow we observe a Day of Unity in honor of Renee Good, who was killed by ICE. 10AM - STATEWIDE MOMENT OF SILENCE 4-5:30PM - VIGIL OF ACTION AND MOURNING, MN Capitol In the face of such extreme violence, Minnesotans stand up for our neighbors. We will seek accountability and justice.

Statement from the [Jimmy] Carter Center

As a member of the Minneapolis delegation I am in strong support of this statement and agree there must be accountability and ICE must leave our cities, our Minnesota.

Incredible.

The shooting in Minneapolis today is horrific. The truth will come out and justice must be served. My prayers go out to the family, this is heartbreaking.

Announcing a freeze of funding on social media is irresponsible and dangerous. Disruption to child care affects families across the state. As more information becomes available, I will continue to support and work with the state agency and the providers who make access to child care possible.

Thinking about Kari and how lucky I feel to have known and to have served with her. She was a very special person who helped many with her commitment to service. ❤️

We have compiled immigration related resources to help Minnesotans navigate their rights and next steps. Only federal elected officials have the ability to intervene on behalf of detainees. Find federal congresspeople below. senatedfl.mn/immigration-...

The targeting and harassment of Somali Minnesotans is abhorrent. I stand with my SD51 Somali community members. Our diversity is our strength ❤️

Have to add my pics. Beautiful and amazing sight from suburbia!

I will not support this bill that completely fails to help Americans afford their health care. Trump and R’s have more than doubled Americans’ health care premiums, and for 40 days they have refused to lift a finger to do a thing about it. In fact, they’ve made it worse by taking food from kids.

I asked Georgetown law prof David Super wtf is going on with this latest demand for states to claw back benefits already sent out. He says the law doesn't allow for this, and if the USDA is mad that states already sent out SNAP money, too bad—they were following USDA's own guidance. Full comments:

Great to talk to voters today in Woodbury about Rep. Hemmingsen-Jaeger for Senate! She’ll be great in continuing and adding to her representation of SD 47 constituents. Access to child care and access to healthcare are priorities for her - we need strong advocates like Amanda in the MN Senate!

shocked to learn that the president lied about this and also this is a horrible defacing of a building that belongs to the people of the United States, not donald trump

It has to be said - again and out loud - that it’s Republicans in Congress who’ve unshackled him.

I’m glad Gov Walz is taking steps to ensure Minnesotans will continue to have access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccines save lives and Minnesotans deserve to be able to go to their health care provider when it’s convenient for them and get a shot.