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Tina Smith: “You must stop Operation Metro Surge immediately and send…”

Featuring: Tina Smith, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Minnesota

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Published | Video Starts at 13:13

And you need to know, America, that if it can happen here, it can happen in your community too. So we gather here to say, first, I want to say to the President, You must stop Operation Metro Surge immediately and send these ICE agents home so our communities can be safe. Second, it is essential that trusted, impartial state investigators at the BCA are allowed to fully investigate what happened here today. (13:13–13:23)

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