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Dick Durbin: “The ICE van was taken away. Well, where would they take the…”

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Durbin Reiterates Democrats' Demands To Rein In ICE As Republicans Stall Negotiations

Published February 9, 2026 | Video Starts at 06:31

He shot this woman, this 30 year old Montessori teacher, five times. What happened to the van that they allege she rammed into causing the shooting incident? Mysteriously, it disappeared from the scene. The ICE van was taken away. Well, where would they take the ICE van? They took it to Maine, 1,000 miles away from Chicago. Why Maine? That happened to be where the agent lived. But it also was an effort to cover up the actual evidence of what happened that day. (06:31–06:41)

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Asserts that an ICE van involved in a shooting incident was taken to Maine.

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