{"id":8572,"date":"2026-01-29T08:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/eric-schmitt-calls-federal-immigration-agents-in-minnesota-heroes\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T08:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:52:12","slug":"eric-schmitt-calls-federal-immigration-agents-in-minnesota-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/eric-schmitt-calls-federal-immigration-agents-in-minnesota-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Schmitt calls federal immigration agents in Minnesota \u2018heroes\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt speaks to reporters after the Governor’s Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia in August 2024 (Annelise Hanshaw\/Missouri Independent).<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt took to the Senate floor Wednesday to defend federal agents arresting suspected undocumented immigrants in Minnesota, calling them \u201cAmerican heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe owe them our absolute, unequivocal, unflinching support,\u201d the senator told his colleagues, many of whom are now calling for an investigation into the Department of Homeland Security after two fatal shootings in Minnesota. Schmitt\u2019s fellow Missouri Republican, Sen. Josh Hawley, is one of the senators calling for an investigation.<\/p>\n

During the speech, Schmitt blamed heightened tensions in Minnesota on rhetoric by the state\u2019s Democratic leaders, calling out Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.<\/p>\n

He argued that the Democrats have a \u201cconscious strategy\u201d to cause chaos on Minneapolis\u2019 streets.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if they really believe that we\u2019re at war, or that ICE is the gestapo, or that Minneapolis is under Nazi occupation,\u201d Schmitt said. \u201cBut whether or not they believe it, many of the people who hear them, who listen to them, do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schmitt\u2019s strongly worded support for President Donald Trump\u2019s Minnesota \u201csurge\u201d comes as the president himself appears to be backing off in the face of criticism, some of it from members of his own party. Earlier this week, Trump made phone calls to both Walz and Frey. \u201cWe\u2019re going to de-escalate a bit,\u201d he said Tuesday in a Fox News interview.<\/p>\n

Trump also reined in two of his more outspoken officials, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Immigration and Customs Enforcement commander Greg Bovino, giving Tom Homan, his designated \u201cborder czar\u201d and a career immigration official, a lead role in Minnesota.<\/p>\n

But Schmitt argued that Trump\u2019s critics are blocking the president from fulfilling his campaign promise to deport people who are in the United States illegally.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf democracy means anything at all, it means that this administration must be allowed to carry out the agenda the American people voted for,\u201d Schmitt said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe deportations must continue,\u201d he added later.<\/p>\n

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Schmitt called the shootings of two 37-year old U.S. citizens, nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday and mother of three Renee Good earlier in January, \u201ctragic,\u201d but argued \u201cit\u2019s not on ICE, it\u2019s not on the Border Patrol, and it\u2019s certainly not on President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it were, we would be seeing the same chaos in every city where ICE and Border Patrol carries out these operations, but we aren\u2019t,\u201d Schmitt said. \u201dThere have been large-scale deportation operations in red states all across the country. Most Americans have probably never heard of them, because they went off without a hitch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s \u201cOperation Metro Surge\u201d in Minneapolis and St. Paul has put more than 3,000 federal agents in the Twin Cities, a number that, according to the Minnesota Star-Tribune, dwarfs the number of local police.<\/p>\n

The debate over DHS tactics in Minnesota has set up the possibility of a government shutdown.<\/p>\n

The Senate is set to consider a bundle of six funding bills this week, among them a bill to fund DHS operations. Prominent Democrats \u2014 including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. \u2014 want to amend the DHS funding bill to put restrictions on agents.<\/p>\n

They have called for Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to split off the DHS bill from the rest, allowing the other five bills to pass and avoiding a large-scale government shutdown.<\/p>\n

Schmitt dismissed the effort as \u201cpolitical grandstanding,\u201d arguing that \u201cit would have no real practical effect on ICE operations.\u201d This is because the Trump administration has provided the agency with enough funds to continue operating, at least temporarily.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact is, the Democrats \u2014 first of all \u2014 shut the government down the first time because they wanted health care for illegal immigrants,\u201d Schmitt said. \u201cNow they want to shut the government down because they want to stop deportation of illegal immigrants. That\u2019s not something we\u2019re supportive of.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story originally appeared in the Columbia Missourian<\/a>. It can be republished in print or online.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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