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Jimmy Kimmel suggests Trump send ICE out of Minneapolis and into Iran, says 'they could help'
On Monday, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel suggested that President Donald Trump remove ICE agents from Minneapolis and send them to Iran after last week's fatal ICE-involved shooting.
The administration is pointing to alleged graft from Somali-linked charities as evidence that immigrant communities are defrauding taxpayers and justification for a sweeping crackdown in Minneapolis.
Around 1,000 additional US Customs and Border Protection agents are expected to deploy to Minneapolis, Minnesota, according to two federal law enforcement sources. Follow for live updates.
The White House is defending DHS tactics during immigration raids across the U.S. that bystanders say have been too aggressive, including the fatal shooting in Minneapolis.
On Thursday night, as ICE protesters took to the streets for a second consecutive evening, late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert and The Daily Show’s Ronny Chieng ripped into ICE over the killing of Good. They criticized Trump for asserting unproven claims about the incident.
The fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis has ignited fierce criticism from political leaders, who are demanding accountability and stricter oversight of the agency.
While Trump has focused on several blue states in the divide-and-conquer campaign that has characterized his second term, Minnesota has become public enemy No. 1.
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