Vice President JD Vance will deliver remarks and visit with ICE agents in Minneapolis Thursday, as President Donald Trump continues his immigration crackdown in the state.
The vice president has been a critical messenger for the administration combating public opposition to ICE’s actions in Minnesota. Vance joined reporters for a briefing earlier this month at the White House, where he claimed that federal law enforcement officers are shielded by “absolute immunity” while pursuing illegal immigrants.
A senior White House official told the Washington Examiner that Vance’s speech will “point out how Minneapolis’s sanctuary city policies have degraded public safety and endangered ICE officers” and “celebrate the essential work ICE agents have done to take dangerous, criminal illegal aliens off of America’s streets.”
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