REMINDER: Democrats tried SIX TIMES to fund the parts of DHS that Congress agrees on—like paying TSA workers, FEMA, and cyber defense.
Republicans blocked us every single time.
Remember when we learned that our wealthiest and most powerful people were connected to a guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring? And then that guy died mysteriously in a jail? And now we just don't talk about it.
Take a moment to look at the inhumanity captured in this extraordinary photo running on the front page of tonight's Minneapolis @StarTribune. It shows federal immigration agents immobilizing a protester on the ground and spraying chemical irritant directly into his face. The scene reminds me of the brutality used against civil rights protesters in the 1960s. We look back at those old photos and wonder how the authorities could have behaved so savagely; many years from now, young Americans will look at these photos from 2026 and wonder how anyone could have justified shooting a woman in the head as she tried to drive away, arresting 5-year-old schoolchildren on the street, or holding a man down and spaying chemicals into his face. Thanks to the Star Tribune reporters and photographers for documenting this work; they create accountability, they make democracy work, and they make all of us in journalism proud.
This is Liam Ramos. He is 5 years old.
ICE snatched him and his father on the way home from school, then used him as bait to target his family.
A family who followed the rules. A child as bait. Their cruelty knows no end.
Zero accountability. Zero remorse. Just a disgusting rant doubling down on defending ICE after an agent killed a mom in cold blood.
ICE did not make Chicago safer.
It is not making Minnesota safer.
🚨 BREAKING, MINNESOTA 🚨
ICE/Border Patrol agents illegally detained a U.S. citizen and told him he had to “prove” his citizenship.
In the video, the man is standing outside his own vehicle while multiple agents surround him, demanding ID.
He calmly tells them, “I’m a United States citizen.”
Their response? “You have to prove that to us.”
Let that sink in.
He asks why he was stopped and directly questions whether it’s because he looks Somali.
The agent denies it and immediately pivots to,
“Do you have your driver’s license?”
They then double down, again insisting that a U.S. citizen must prove his citizenship to ICE.
When pressed, one agent starts mumbling about the car possibly being connected to people “not here legally.”
Then the tone shifts.
You hear an agent warn the others,
“Cameras, cameras to your left.”
The man states the car is registered in his own name.
An agent asks,
“What is your name, sir?”
He responds,
“I don’t have to tell you.”
Another agent falsely claims,
“You actually do have to identify yourself.”
The man asks the most important question,
“Then why did you stop me?”
Suddenly, a different agent steps in, asks for ID, says he just needs to “hold it up,” glances at it, says “okay, cool,” and they all walk away.
No citation.
No arrest.
No explanation.
Because they never had legal grounds to stop him in the first place.
This is what it looks like when ICE conducts unlawful stops, relies on racial profiling, and backs off the moment someone knows their rights and records everything.
Film them. Ask questions. Assert your rights.
Because cameras are the only reason this didn’t go further.