Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, is now turning to a different issue – shootings and detainments by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.
Klobuchar says there was a “lack of cooperation” between the federal government and state authorities after immigration officers shot and killed two US citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, in Minnesota earlier this year.
Blanche says “the definition of full cooperation can be disputed” but federal authorities will work with local officials where needed. He disagrees with some of the news reporting stating that didn’t happen in Minnesota.
Klobuchar also brings up other cases, including more recent ICE shootings in Texas and Maine, and a case in which an elderly man was removed from his home in freezing weather in Minnesota.
“People are gonna want accountability in these cases,” she says.
“I very much believe in the Constitutional protections afforded to American citizens,” Blanche says in response. “The same protections are not afforded people who are here illegally.”
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