Sen. Smith: Trump administration ‘attempting to cover up what happened’

“Minnesota Democratic Sen. Tina Smith said Sunday that the Trump administration was ‘attempting to cover up what happened‘ in the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a U.S. citizen and mother of three, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday,” ABC News reports. “‘I think what we are seeing here is the federal government — [Department of Homeland Security Secretary] Kristi Noem, Vice President [JD] Vance, [President] Donald Trump — attempting to cover up what happened here in the Twin Cities, and I don’t think that people here and around the country are believing it,’ Smith told ABC News’ ‘This Week’ co-anchor Martha Raddatz.”

Reps. Angie Craig, Kelly Morrison and Ilhan Omar “were denied a request to tour a federal immigration detention facility the morning of Jan. 10,” the Minnesota Star Tribune reports. “Federal officials say they needed to make request seven days in advance. … The representatives say they were invited to tour the facility by a former acting director.”  

Thousands of anti-ICE protesters gathered in Minneapolis on Saturday. “The protest at Powderhorn Park drew giant puppets holding “abolish ICE” banners and people holding signs including “ICE out of Minnesota” and “We stand for Good,” according to MPR News. 

Minnesota isn’t the only state looking to reign in ICE. “State legislatures across the country are accelerating efforts to shape immigration enforcement policy after the deadly shooting of a Minnesota woman by a federal agent, raising tensions between local leaders and the Trump administration,” according to Politico. 

Four members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe were detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis, according to WCCO. “President Frank Star Comes Out [said] in a Facebook post said the four men are homeless and were living under a bridge near the Little Earth housing complex in the East Phillips neighborhood. Attorneys who represent the tribe were “instructed” [to] reach out to Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan about where they are being detained and what their names are, he said.

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