Trump's anti-immigrant overreach backfires; 'It looks bad,' says advisor
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We have a fire hose of breaking news to tell you about tonight. And I want to start with the good news. And I just referenced this with Crystal. Let me give you a little bit more description and I'll say it a little bit slower. So tonight, a federal judge in Minnesota has blocked ICE, CBP, other federal agencies assisting them from impeding the free speech rights of protesters or using force against them unless they are interfering with enforcement activities. Now, it's always how they define that, but this is certainly good, big news from a ruling tonight. This is a lawsuit, of course, that was brought all the way back in December by six protesters on behalf of anyone who records, observes, and protests ICE's ongoing operations in Minnesota.
The judge even said that ICE is not entitled to stop and search protesters in their cars solely because they are safely following ICE and other federal law enforcement at an appropriate distance. And again, we are still digesting this ruling. As I mentioned to Chris, it just came out. It's a whole lot of pages. We're looking through it. We're combing through it. But one thing is very clear. It is bad news for the Trump administration and good news for the people exercising their First Amendment rights in Minnesota. Which brings me to the other piece of breaking news we are following tonight. MSNOW reported that the Department of Justice has opened a federal criminal investigation into Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
And that, to state the freaking obvious, is no coincidence. I mean, these two elected officials have been the most outspoken and the most passionate voices about the horror ISIS wreaking on the city of Minneapolis. And because they are actual leaders, we've all been watching them, and not malicious man-children like the current occupant of the White House and his hateful posse of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Tom Homan, Greg Bovino, I could go on. They have actually called for calm from the moment an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Nicole Goode last week. I mean, both Mayor Frey and Governor Walz have consistently and repeatedly called for their residents not to take the bait, to protest, but do so peacefully so as to not give the Trump administration justification to increase its already massive federal presence in the state.
And as we've all watched residents in Minneapolis being pulled from their cars by ICE agents, school communities being terrorized, pepper spray raining down on protesters, The city of Minneapolis have largely been, and all the citizens that we've seen, have largely been doing what the governor of their state and the mayor of their city has been asking them to do. I mean, peacefully supporting their neighbors who are being attacked and targeted by ICE. But somehow this new federal criminal investigation revolves around the allegation that Fry and Walls obstructed federal immigration enforcement. Now, just a couple of notes on that. Tonight, legal experts point out that the crime of impeding federal agents requires physical force.
Speaking out publicly against the way ICE is terrorizing the people of Minnesota, a fact, is not a crime, no matter how much Donald Trump wishes it was. I should also note that this very bogus, obviously, political investigation is being run out of the same U.S. attorney's office, where just this Tuesday, six federal prosecutors resigned over the Justice Department's handling of the investigation into Renee Good's killing. As Governor Walz pointed to tonight in his response to this investigation into him, the only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–4:47
2
What recent legal developments have impacted ICE operations in Minnesota?
4:47–10:18
3
How is the Trump administration responding to local officials in Minnesota?
10:18–15:01
4
What challenges do Minneapolis residents face from federal enforcement actions?
15:01–28:39
5
How have public opinions shifted regarding Trump's immigration policies?
28:39–31:15
6
What are the implications of the recent polling on ICE enforcement?
31:15–43:48
Speakers
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