"It is important for us to recognize the unprecedented nature of what ICE was doing in Minneapolis, St Paul, the way that federal agents, ICE agents were being deployed, without any clear guidelines, training, pulling people out of their homes, using five-year-olds to try to bait their parents, all the stuff that we saw, teargassing crowds simply who were standing there, not breaking any laws, he added."
"Right now, we're being tested, and the good news is, what we saw in Minneapolis and St Paul, and what we're seeing in places across the country, including here in Los Angeles, has been the American people saying no, Obama said. At least a good number of the American people saying, we're going to live up to those values that we say we believe in. As long as we have folks"
Barack Obama expressed support for Minneapolis demonstrators who opposed aggressive Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minnesota. He emphasized that ultimate answers will come from the American people and highlighted the unprecedented deployment of ICE agents in Minneapolis, St Paul, including operations without clear guidelines, agents pulling people from homes, using five-year-olds to bait parents, and teargassing peaceful crowds. The Twin Cities protests expanded after federal agent killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Federal officials announced a drawdown of immigration crackdowns in Minnesota, a move many attributed to protest pressure. Obama praised civic resistance and urged continued commitment to American values.
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