Will Trump bring martial law to Minnesota?
1/15/202643 min
It's a week since Renee Nicole Good was shot by an ICE agent whilst in her car in Minnesota. Since then, protests have erupted around the country, schools in Minneapolis have closed, and last night saw a second shooting by an ICE agent.
Is the immigration law enforcement now just a political weapon? And, as Trump threatens martial law, is ICE deliberately trying to provoke conflict in Minnesota? We're joined by Semifore's Ben Smith.
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First 90 secondsJohn Sopel· Host0:00
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Tim Walz· Soundbite0:08
[banging] What's happening in Minnesota right now defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos and disruption and trauma the federal government is raining down upon our communities. They're pulling over people indiscriminately, including US citizens, and demanding to see their papers. And at grocery stores, at bus stops, even at our schools, they're breaking windows, dragging pregnant women down the street, just plain grabbing Minnesotans and shoving them into unmarked vans, kidnapping innocent people with no warning and no due process. Let's be very, very clear. This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government.
Emily Maitlis· Host0:56
That is the Democratic Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, describing the actions of ICE agents on their street. Trump has just threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota. What would that mean?
John Sopel· Host1:12
Essentially, the Insurrection Act gives you the right to put federal troops wherever you like. In essence, it's saying that America is facing a state of emergency. Is that really true? Welcome to The News Agents (USA)