00:00In the last year we have too often come to the floor to discuss
00:05tragedies in our state. This summer an assassin killed our friend
00:10Melissa Hortman, the former Speaker of the Minnesota House, and her husband Mark.
00:15And we were once again shaken to our core when a mass shooter attacked.
00:20The Annunciation Catholic Church right in the middle of mass.
00:25Children in their first week of school, two children murdered.
00:3021 more people injured, including 18 kids.
00:35In recent weeks, Minnesota has once again been at the center of America's...
00:40heartbreak. But we are also at the center of America's...
00:45courage and hope. We honor Renee Good today.
00:50Renee Good, who left behind three children...
00:55...including a six-year-old when she was shot and killed by an...
01:00...ice agent. Her wife said this...
01:03...kindness radiated...
01:05...and she was proud of her. She literally sparkled...
01:08...and asked everyone to honor her...
01:10...memory by living her values, rejecting hate and choosing compassion.
01:15We also honor the memory of Alex Predator.
01:20...a VA intensive care nurse who did one of the most...
01:25...selfless jobs people could think of.
01:28Caring for our veterans, often in their final...
01:30...hours, a man described by his friends and family...
01:33...as a kind...
01:35...hearted soul. Both Renee and Alex should be alive today.
01:40Mr. President, it is not just these...
01:45...horrific killings. The administration...
01:48...through their surge of thousands...
01:50...of ICE and border patrol agents to Minnesota...
01:52...outnumbering the ten largest...
01:55...the metropolitan police departments combined...
01:58...in the Twin Cities.
02:00...outnumbering the sworn officers in the Minneapolis St. Paul Department...
02:05...by three to one...
02:08...has repeatedly violated...
02:10...the constitutional rights of the people of Minnesota.
02:12The fact is that anyone who cares about federalism...
02:15...about freedoms, about liberties...
02:17...should be horrified by what is happening.
02:20If you care about the Constitution...
02:22...I say to our colleagues on the other side of the aisle...
02:25...you should be horrified...
02:27...because what is happening in our state...
02:29...has been a violation...
02:30...of the first amendment...
02:31...the right to assemble.
02:32...the second amendment...
02:34...Alex was...
02:35a lawful gun owner, but he was immediately criticized for that when in fact the video
02:39showed
02:40very clearly, very clearly because eyes don't lie, that his gun
02:45was firmly in its holster
02:46and it was taken out by
02:48border control
02:50agents.
02:51They've been violating the Fourth Amendment, ramming into people's homes.
02:55Without a judicial warrant, agents have been demanding, without even
03:00reasonable suspicion that Minnesotans show proof of citizenship.
03:05Just based on how they look.
03:07And this administration is going after the Fifth Amendment.
03:10The right to due process.
03:12It has denied detainees access to counsel.
03:15And as chief, the chief judge in the District of Minnesota of
03:20a former clerk to Justice Scalia and a George Bush appointee.
03:25has made clear, they have been defying court orders.
03:30And I say to our Republican colleagues, if you are a defender of liberty,
03:35you must defend it when it counts, not just when it's convenient.
03:40Federal immigration agents bashed upon a door and detained
03:45among elder.
03:46A U.S.
03:47citizen whose mom was one
03:50.
03:50one of the most loved nurses that took care of our troops during the Vietnam War.
03:56They held him at gunpoint without a warrant.
03:59Took him out of it.
04:00Took him out of his home in his underwear with nothing but crocs on his feet.
04:05Took him into a car.
04:07Drove him around for an hour.
04:08And then they later decided
04:10.
04:10They discovered they had the wrong guy.
04:11And in fact, the guy they were looking for had been in jail all along.
04:15We've all seen the photos of the five-year-old little Liam standing there scared in his
04:20.
04:20blue rabbit hat with floppy ears and Spider-Man backpack.
04:25.
04:25His agents apprehended him.
04:26This administration sent a two-year-old detective
04:30.
04:30in Texas.
04:31Despite a pending court case, the order was issued, but they didn't want to
04:35.
04:35wait for that, sent the two-year-old to Texas when the mom was meeting back in Minnesota.
04:40Thanks to the late-night work of my staff and several local lawmakers.
04:45She's been reunited with her mom, but it should never have come to this.
04:50A court case was pending, disregarded.
04:53In another instance,
04:55a U.S. citizen was forced to the ground, placed in a chokehold, and held at a detention center.
05:00For hours, he offered multiple times to show his U.S. past.
05:05This has gone so beyond.
05:10This has gone so beyond any original reason for federal agents.
05:15It has gone well beyond the fraud investigation.
05:20That was a good reason to bring people to help.
05:23But that's not what this was.
05:25Not the two-year-old.
05:26Not the five-year-old.
05:27Not the Hmong elder.
05:29Way beyond.
05:30Apprehenting violent offenders.
05:33Not the two-year-old.
05:34Not the five-year-old.
05:35Not the Hmong elder.
05:36Not the Hmong elder.
05:37Not the Hmong elder.
05:38Not the Hmong elder.
05:39Not the Hmong elder.
05:40This has turned into...
05:40Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino-driven, shock and awe, public specter...
05:45...meant to intimidate our state.
05:48In fact, Pam...
05:50Mr. Bondi, on the same day Alex was killed, sent a letter to the governor of Minnesota
05:55saying...
05:55the administration would remove these 3,000 ICE agents if...
06:00Minnesota violated the privacy of its citizens by turning over their personal voter data...
06:05...something Republican Secretary of State in states like Georgia.
06:10have refused to do.
06:11The Justice Department has actually sued 24 states for...
06:15refusing to turn over this data including, as I mentioned, Georgia and also New Hampshire.
06:20Three district court judges have dismissed these cases.
06:23It is clear that our...
06:25state's being targeted.
06:26But they've tried to get this data in 24 states.
06:28Now they'll say, we'll bring out the...
06:30the ICE agents.
06:31If only...
06:32you just give us that data.
06:35Mr. President, there are 3,000 federal officers in Minnesota...
06:40and I can not state it more unequivocally...
06:43ICE must leave Minnesota.
06:45Law enforcement has made this clear.
06:47They can't do their jobs.
06:48They can't do their jobs.
06:50They can't investigate burglaries.
06:52They can't help on some complex cases.
06:55Because they're being called to people's homes all the time...
06:57because of the ICE agents...
06:59hanging around...
07:00homes...
07:01of just regular citizens...
07:03in parking lots...
07:05chasing people down...
07:07local businesses...
07:09business leaders...
07:10have come out...
07:11and said...
07:12enough.
07:13Police chiefs in our state...
07:15have joined together...
07:16police chiefs across the nation...
07:17have joined together...
07:18and said...
07:19we believe in...
07:20improper police procedures...
07:21and the rule of law...
07:23but the biggest...
07:25story out of this...
07:26is the everyday people...
07:28the ordinary people...
07:29doing extraordinary...
07:30things.
07:31They've rallied together...
07:32brought food to their neighbors...
07:33drove other kids to school...
07:35showed up for small businesses...
07:37and marching 50,000 strong...
07:39I was...
07:40there...
07:41I saw it...
07:4250,000 peaceful marchers...
07:44in minus...
07:45ten...
07:46below...
07:47weather...
07:48you know...
07:49250 years ago...
07:50our nation declared...
07:51independence from a king...
07:52our nation was born...
07:53from a deep...
07:54revulsion...
07:55to the idea...
07:56of an illegal occupation...
07:57a standing army...
07:58of British troops...
07:59literally...
08:00taking over our streets...
08:01demanding to see papers...
08:03acting with cruelty...
08:04resorting to...
08:05violence...
08:06in those times...
08:07newspapers...
08:08shared what was happening...
08:09well...
08:10today...
08:11Americans are seeing it...
08:12first-hand...
08:13on video...
08:15Americans...
08:16heard Renee Goodes...
08:17final words...
08:18to the officer...
08:19who shot her...
08:20I'm...
08:20not mad at you...
08:22they saw Alex...
08:23spend his final...
08:24moment...
08:25trying to help a woman...
08:26who'd been shoved...
08:27to the ground...
08:28his last words...
08:29are you...
08:30okay...
08:31and just...
08:32as Americans...
08:33fought for liberty...
08:35250 years ago...
08:36they're standing up...
08:37for liberty now...
08:38people...
08:39across the...
08:40country...
08:41are speaking out...
08:42against this...
08:43cruelty...
08:44and...
08:45of...
08:45course...
08:46it is good...
08:47that Bovino...
08:48was removed...
08:49other...
08:50people...
08:50have to be removed...
08:51too...
08:52Christy Noem...
08:53shouldn't be...
08:54in her job...
08:55but...
08:55mostly...
08:56we need these ICE...
08:57agents...
08:58out of Minnesota...
08:59and we hope...
09:00that happens soon...
09:00border patrol...
09:01they've...
09:02began that removal...
09:03but the ICE...
09:04agents...
09:05have to get...
09:05out of Minnesota...
09:06it is a very...
09:07dangerous...
09:08situation...
09:09I spoke with...
09:10his parents...
09:11the next day...
09:12after we lost him...
09:13through the tears...
09:15they talked about...
09:16what he was like...
09:17and how they wanted...
09:18the world to know...
09:19the truth...
09:20and how much...
09:20hurt him...
09:21to have...
09:22senior...
09:23administrative...
09:24officials...
09:25call him...
09:25a...
09:26domestic...
09:27terrorist...
09:28call him...
09:29a...
09:30would-be...
09:30assassin...
09:31Alex's sister...
09:33said...
09:34Alex...
09:35always...
09:35wanted to make a difference...
09:36in this world...
09:37and it's devastating...
09:38that he won't be here...
09:39to witness the...
09:40impact...
09:41that he was making...
09:45a...
09:46we must...
09:47stand up...
09:49until we...
09:50we are asking...
09:51our colleagues...
09:52they know the White House...
09:53we've all done...
09:54our best here...
09:55but...
09:56to tell them...
09:57it's time for those...
09:58ICE agents...
09:59to come home...
10:00there must be...
10:03new leadership...
10:04in the Department of Homeland...
10:05security...
10:06now...
10:07and there must be...
10:08major reforms...
10:09to these agencies...
10:10before...
10:10this Congress...
10:11should approve...
10:12another cent...
10:13first...
10:14we need to stop...
10:15these...
10:15roving bans...
10:16this means...
10:17coordination...
10:18with...
10:19state and local...
10:20law enforcement...
10:21and no more...
10:20bounties...
10:21that encourage...
10:22immigration officials...
10:23to detain...
10:24individuals...
10:25even with...
10:25without...
10:26cost...
10:27we need...
10:28proper training...
10:29and a code of conduct...
10:30that...
10:30includes...
10:31transparent...
10:32investigations...
10:33and meaningful...
10:34accountability...
10:35for when...
10:36agents...
10:37break...
10:38.
10:43you...
10:45you...
10:47you...
10:48you...
10:53you...
10:57A white guy, a Latino, they said, Latino, where are you from?
11:00Latino says, I was born.
11:02Born in America, they put him in the car, drive him a few blocks, let him out or take him
11:06to the.
11:07Detention center and then let him go.
11:09Bonuses, bounties.
11:12The mask had come up and the body cameras.
11:17And there must be thorough, objective and independent.
11:22Investigations into these killings.
11:25The Justice Department.
11:27Refused to cooperate with local investigators in Minnesota after Renee's death.
11:32And over a dozen career prosecutors in Minnesota and Washington resigned.
11:37Rather than take part in a miscarriage of justice.
11:41After Alex.
11:42Alex is killing the federal government, block state law enforcement from accessing the crime
11:46scene.
11:46I know.
11:47Because I got panic calls.
11:49Because I used to be prosecutor in the county.
11:52about what was going on.
11:54A federal judge appointed by Donald.
11:57Trump had to issue an order preventing the federal government from destroying evidence.
12:02I'm opposed to this ICE funding bill.
12:07And I am very appreciative that people are starting to talk about reforms to this agency.
12:12But the money that was passed this summer, $75 billion.
12:17Making this agency bigger than the FBI?
12:20That was wrong.
12:22I opposed it, as did my Democratic colleagues.
12:26The cost.
12:27The cost continued amount.
12:28Right now, our federal, state, and local governments are spending an estimated $8 billion.
12:32$18 million a week on the surge in Minnesota alone.
12:36And what...
12:37What do you got out of it?
12:39Two out of three of the...
12:42shootings resulting in death in Minneapolis, two out of three were caused by federal...
12:47federal agents.
12:49I appreciate Senator Schumer.
12:52And I appreciate my colleague, Senator Smith, and so many others for saying no to this.
12:57And I truly appreciate that a number of our Republican colleagues have started...
13:02to say that what ICE is doing is wrong.
13:05A few have said that Kristi Nomen...
13:07should no longer be in her job.
13:10ICE needs...
13:12to leave Minnesota.
13:14It was in 1776...
13:17when future First Lady Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John Adams, described...
13:22the retreat of British ships from Boston, saying that their numbers were so large they looked...
13:27like a forest.
13:28But despite their force, it was the determination...
13:32of those demanding liberty that won that day.
13:36For Minnesotans...
13:37right now...
13:38every corner...
13:39everywhere...
13:40when you drive...
13:41really, it's not just the city.
13:42suburbs...
13:43shopping malls...
13:44rural areas...
13:45they see...
13:46they see...
13:47they see...
13:47an ICE agent...
13:48there's people that are scared every single day
13:50and it feels like that forest.
13:52But out of that forest comes these people of our state that are willing to
13:57stand up, citizens that are willing to stand up to help people they may not even know.
14:02Because they understand what's at stake for the liberties of this country.
14:07Mr. President, I yield back.
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