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Minnesota Democratic Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Angie Craig are detailing their visit to the Whipple Building Friday afternoon which has served as the headquarters and detention center for ICE during Operation Metro Surge.
Omar and Craig say the facility was clean - and suddenly empty - when they showed up around 12:00 p.m.
Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig (D) spoke out after a memorial dedicated to Renee Good was set ablaze Tuesday evening.
“Renee’s family and the Minneapolis community deserve the chance to mourn her,” Craig wrote on the social platform X on Wednesday. “This is unacceptable and we must hold anyone involved in this hateful incident accountable.”
The Department of Homeland Security again denied two members of Congress access to the Whipple Federal Building.
U.S. Reps. Angie Craig, Betty McCollum and Kelly Morrison went to Whipple Friday to observe conditions inside the facility where federal agents have been detaining immigrants and citizens.
(ABC 6 News) — On Tuesday, Rep. Angie Craig joined Rep. Raul Ruiz of California in introducing legislation to establish care standards for people in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.
The bill is called The Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in ICE and CBP Custody Act. It would require ICE and CBP to conduct timely, in-person medical screenings and ensure basic humanitarian standards for those in custody.
The bill comes amid high tensions in Minnesota due to increased presence of federal agents in the state.