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A Burnsville, Minnesota, woman who was supposed to have an ovarian cyst removed but was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents days before her surgery is living in severe pain, according to her lawyer.
Rep. Angie Craig is demanding the release of Andrea Pedro-Francisco so she can get the proper care she needs, because it could mean life or death. The 23-year-old has an ovarian cyst the size of a tennis ball that needs to be removed.
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig called on the Trump administration on Monday to release a woman in ICE detention who is suffering from a tennis ball-sized ovarian cyst at risk of rupture and needing urgent medical treatment.
“I am not exaggerating when I say that this is a life-or-death situation,” Craig said on Monday.
EAGAN, MN – This week, U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (MN-02), Danny K. Davis (IL-07), Gwen Moore (WI-04) Lateefah Simon (CA-12) and Judy Chu (CA-28) delivered a letter signed by 23 House Democrats opposing the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) rescission of a Biden-era rule aimed at ensuring LGBTQ+ foster youth have access to safe and affirming placements. The members urged Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to put forth an alternative rule.
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig made an unannounced visit on Thursday to the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, the hub of the Trump administration’s deportation operations in Minnesota. Thousands of immigrants have passed through Whipple on the way to jails and detention facilities across the country.
Craig, a Democrat representing the south metro, said she came to verify the Trump administration’s compliance with a judge’s order affirming that members of Congress may conduct unannounced inspections of immigration facilities.
BURNSVILLE, MN – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig joined the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Minnesota Valley Transit Authority (MVTA) Bus Garage in Burnsville. Rep. Craig offered remarks and received the Burnsville Bus Garage Modernization Project Transit Partner Award from MVTA at the event.
BURNSVILLE, MN – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig joined the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Minnesota Valley Transit Authority (MVTA) Bus Garage in Burnsville. Rep. Craig offered remarks and received the Burnsville Bus Garage Modernization Project Transit Partner Award from MVTA at the event.
A woman arrested in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge must remain in an immigration detention facility in Texas pending deportation proceedings even as she suffers excruciating pain from a large ovarian cyst at risk of rupture, a federal judge ruled.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig – a member of the Congressional Native American Caucus – joined Reps. Janelle Bynum (OR-05) and Troy Downing (MT-02) in introducing legislation to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA).
House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig says farmers are facing mounting financial stress as Congress works to finalize a new farm bill. Craig says current aid has fallen short of covering widespread losses across agriculture. “The $12 billion that’s been sent in farm aid really doesn’t cover much of the $40 to $45 billion in losses that farmers have faced over the last year,” Craig said, adding she will continue pushing for year-round E-15 and a more bipartisan final bill.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it will use its existing authority to prevent drivers from losing access to lower-cost and lower-emission E15, a higher ethanol blend often marketed as Unleaded 88. In response, Ohio farmer and National Corn Growers Association President Jed Bower released the following statement: