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February 20, 2026
During a tour of the Whipple Federal Building on Friday, Feb. 20, U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar and Angie Craig met with ICE St. Paul Field Office Director Sam Olson to learn more about the continued scope of Operation Metro Surge.

February 20, 2026

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.


February 18, 2026

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.”


February 16, 2026
House Ag Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig is criticizing the Republican majority’s newly released farm bill text, saying it does not adequately address the economic pressures facing farmers and working families.

February 12, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig joined Rep. Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) in introducing legislation to ease the burden of medical debt on Minnesotans by protecting individuals from predatory debt collection practices and requiring hospitals to offer more manageable repayment options.


February 12, 2026
Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) on Thursday slammed claims that the federal immigration operations in Minnesota, which the administration said will draw down over the next week, made the state safer as “wildly untrue.”

February 6, 2026

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. 


February 3, 2026

(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.


February 3, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig joined Rep. Raul Ruiz (CA-25) in introducing legislation to establish standards of care for individuals held in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. The Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in ICE and CBP Custody Act would require ICE and CBP to conduct timely, in-person medical screenings and ensure basic humanitarian standards for individuals in ICE and CBP custody. 


January 26, 2026

My grandfather was a farm foreman and did not mince words. When people didn’t hold up their end of the bargain, he had to call it like he saw it – because his family’s livelihood and the farm depended on people doing the jobs they signed up to do. House Republicans’ failure to include farm and family relief and year-round E15 in the government funding bills that just passed through the House of Representatives is proof that they have no desire to do the job they were sent to Washington to do.