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Three Democratic legislature lawmakers who correspond Minnesota said they were denied entree to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement installation astatine the Whipple Federal Building successful Minneapolis connected Saturday.
Reps. Angie Craig, Ilhan Omar and Kelly Morrison told reporters that they were initially allowed into the building, but past informed they indispensable leave.
"Shortly aft we were fto in, 2 officials came successful and said that they received a connection that we were nary longer allowed to beryllium successful the building, and that they were rescinding the invitation to travel successful and declining immoderate further entree from the building," Omar told reporters portion lasting extracurricular the facility.
Added Craig, "The effect was that, since the backing for this halfway came from the 1 'Big, Beautiful Bill,' not the legislature appropriations bill, that they were denying our access."
From left, Democratic Reps. Kelly Morrison, Ilhan Omar and Angie Craig get for an oversight sojourn astatine the Whipple Federal Building successful Minneapolis, Minnesota, connected Jan. 10, 2026.
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Morrrison said successful her own social media post that conducting oversight of "American taxpayer-funded facilities is not lone our ineligible right, but our law duty."
Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said successful a connection provided to CBS News Minnesota that lawmakers are required to supply 7 days announcement of legislature visits.
"For the information of detainees and staff, and successful compliance with the agency's mandate, the Members of Congress were notified that their sojourn was improper and retired of compliance with existing tribunal orders and policies which mandate that members of Congress indispensable notify ICE astatine slightest 7 days successful beforehand of Congressional visits," McLaughlin wrote. "Because they were retired of compliance with this mandate, Representative Omar and her colleagues were denied introduction to the facility."
McLaughlin added that Omar, Craig and Morrison "must travel the due guidelines" if they privation to circuit the facility.
The gathering has been the bid halfway for national agents successful Minnesota. Concrete barriers were acceptable up adjacent the facility on Friday morning, little than a time aft a tense protest wherever national officers fired capsicum balls and surged into a assemblage of demonstrators.
CBS News main analogous Matt Gutman was reporting successful the area during the protestation erstwhile officers pushed into the assemblage down a unreality of chemic irritants, triggering shoving, panic and screams among the protesters.
Thursday's protestation and others across Minnesota and the nation travel successful the aftermath of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good successful southbound Minneapolis by an ICE serviceman Wednesday.
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