>> Cathy: ALL RIGHT.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> ALWAYS, MY PLEASURE.

>> Cathy: WELL, U.S.

REPRESENTATIVES CAME TO THE MINNESOTA STATE CAPITOL FOR A FEDERAL HEARING ON THE I.C.E.

ESCALATION IN MINNESOTA.

STUDENTS STAGED WALK-OUTS, SOME SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES ARE FORCED TO CLOSE ACROSS THE STATE BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS.

LEGAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND QUESTIONS ARE COMPLICATE THE.

OUR MARY LAHAMMER TAKES A LOOK AT THE LOCAL SSUES OF IMMIGRATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS AT THE CAPITOL.

>> WE'RE HERE TO ANNOUNCE A LAWSUIT WE'RE FILING AGAINST THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

>> THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS GONE TO COURT REPEATEDLY AGAINST THE CURRENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THIS TIME HE HAS A NEW IMMIGRANT MAYOR OF ST.

PAUL BY HIS SIDE.

>> TO OUR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES, LET ME BE CLEAR: YOU ARE A VITAL PART OF OUR CITY.

YOU ARE LOVED.

AND YOU ARE WANTED.

AND YOU ARE IMPORTANT TO THE FABRIC OF OUR STATE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT.

>> AS A REFUGEE WHO CAME TO THIS COUNTRY, THIS IS THE STATE THAT WELCOMED MY GRANDPARENTS HERE IN THE LATE '70s, ALLOWED OUR FAMILY TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY IN ONE GENERATION, EDUCATED US.

>> >> [ CHANTING ] >> I.C.E.

OUT!

>> THERE WAS A STRUGGLE ITH A FEDERAL AGENT IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENT.

DURING THE STRUGGLE THE FEDERAL AGENT DISCHARGED HIS WEAPON STRIKING ONE ADULT MALE.

[ OUNDING ] >> THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE.

THIS IS AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION THAT OUR CITY IS PRESENTLY BEING PUT IN.

AND AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE TRYING TO FIND A WAY FORWARD.

TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.

TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS.

[ HORNS HONKING ] >> CLINT CONNER IS A MINNEAPOLIS ATTORNEY WITH HIS TONE TAKE.

>> DO YOU THINK MINNEAPOLIS POLICE ARE BEING TOO PASSIVE RIGHT NOW?

>> 100%.

AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FIRST OF ALL IS THAT THE POLICE DON'T DICTATE EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, RIGHT?

THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE POLICE IS MAYOR FREY.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE OUTNUMBERED SCENARIO WE'VE BEEN HEARING THAT JUST SHEER NUMBERS, THERE'S THOUSANDS OF I.C.E.

AGENTS, MAYBE HUNDREDS OF OFFICERS.

>> THIS IS NOT ABOUT NUMBERS, RIGHT?

ENFORCING OUR LAWS IS NOT ABOUT NUMBERS.

I GOT TO?

ENFORCING OUR LAWS IS NOT ABOUT FIREPOWER.

ENFORCING OUR LAWS IS ABOUT ENFORCING OUR LAWS.

AND IF YOU HAVE TRAINED MPD OFFICERS THAT WE PAY TO ENFORCE OUR LAWS I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS EXCUSE TO SAY WE'RE OUTNUMBERED BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BIGGER GUNS.

WHY DON'T YOU TRY, WHY DON'T YOU TRY, WHY DON'T YOU COME UP WITH A PLAN, TRY THAT PLAN, SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT AND GUESS WHAT, WHEN YOU DO THAT YOU'RE CHANGING THE NARRATIVE.

>> YOU HAVE AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO PEACEFULLY FILM I.C.E.

AGENTS AS THEY CONDUCT THESE ACTIVITIES.

SO CARRY YOUR PHONE WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES.

[ WHISTLES ] AND IF YOU SEE THESE I.C.E.

AGENTS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, TAKE OUT THAT PHONE AND HIT RECORD.

HELP US CREATE A DATABASE OF THE ATROCITIES AGAINST MINNESOTANS, NOT JUST TO ESTABLISH A ECORD FOR POSTERITY, BUT TO BANK EVIDENCE FOR FUTURE PROSECUTION.

[ DRUMS BEATING ] [ HOUTING ] >> I'M IF HE MALL OF AMERICA AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS LACE SO EMPTY.

IT'S LIKE A GHOST TOWN IN HERE.

>> BUSINESSES ACROSS THE STATE ARE SUFFERING IN THE I.C.E.

SURGE AND THE ONCE BELOVED TARGET CORPORATION FACES NEW OPPOSITION AFTER EMPLOYEES WERE DETAINED WORKING AT A STORE.

>> THIS IS A ISSUE THAN TARGET BUT I AM VERY SADDENED.

I AM FRUSTRATED, OUR LEADERS AT ALL LEVELS NEED TO BE TALKING OUT, SPEAKING OUT.

WE ARE LEAVING ALL OF THIS TO THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET.

RIGHT, ESSENTIALLY.

AND WE FIND OURSELVES IN MINNEAPOLIS BASICALLY BEING THE VOICE OF DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD -- IN AMERICA TO THE WORLD.

>> IMMIGRANTS ARE WELCOME HERE NO HATE, NO FEAR IMMIGRANTS ARE WELCOME HERE NO HATE, NO FEAR >> BACK AT THE CAPITOL LAWMAKERS ARE HEARING FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO SAY THEY ON'T EEL SAFE VISITING THE CAPITOL WITHOUT WEAPONS SCREENINGS ESPECIALLY IN THESE TENSE TIMES.

>> MINNESOTA HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT THESE PAST COUPLE MONTHS.

THE SHOOTING AT ENUNCIATION SCHOOL AND CHURCH, THE SCAPEGOATING OF OUR SOMALI NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS AND OCCUPATION BY I.C.E.

AGENTS, MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CARRYING FEAR, GRIEF AND STRESS ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS MATTER EVEN MORE ESPECIALLY IN UBLIC SPACES LIKE THE CAPITOL.

>> WE HAVE 40,000 OF THE LITTLEST MINNESOTANS OF OUR CHILDREN, RIGHT, WHO COME IN AND OUT OF THIS PLACE.

AND MY HOPE IS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO SO SAFELY, THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE BEING HERE SO THAT THEY CAN DREAM BIG.

>> THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CAPITOL AREA SECURITY VOTED FOR METAL DETECTORS AND IS MOVING TOWARDS MORE SECURITY MEASURES FOLLOWING THE SHOOTINGS OF LAWMAKERS.

>> WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO MAKE THIS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WHEN IT COMES TO CAPITOL SECURITY.

>> WE CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME CHALLENGES THAT CREATE SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE FEEL UNSAFE OR JUST VULNERABLE.

>> BUT THERE IS A POLITICAL DIVIDE ON FUNDING FOR MORE WEAPONS SCREENINGS.

>> THE FUNDING PICTURE IS BEYOND UNCLEAR.

AND MY RETICENCE ON MOVING FORWARD ON THAT IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WH