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Karoline Leavitt: “Americans do not have a constitutional right to impede and…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Jan. 26, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 21:54

Caroline, is it the White House's position that Americans have the right to show up to these ICE operations in film, document, document or protest the law enforcement actions? Ms. All Americans have a First Amendment constitutional right, of course, but Americans do not have a constitutional right to impede and obstruct lawful immigration enforcement operations. That is actually a crime and it's something that we've seen taking place in the streets of Minneapolis, which again, is leading to these dangerous circumstances that these federal law enforcement officers have been forced to work within. (21:54–22:03)

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Asserts that impeding lawful immigration enforcement operations is not a constitutional right.

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