♪ ♪ >> Cathy: POLICY BILLS WITH ANY HOPE OF MASSING IT -- PASSING THIS SESSION FACE A MAJOR HURDLE NEXT WEEK.

THIS WEEK THE GOVERNOR RELEASED HIS SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET.

AS POLITICAL REPORTER MARY LAHAMMER SHOWS US, IMMIGRATION IS AN ISSUE THAT IS NOT GOING AWAY DESPITE A DRAWDOWN OF ICE AGENTS IN THE STATE.

MARY SPOKE WITH THE GOVERNOR ABOUT THE ISSUE.

>> Mary: HI, GOVERNOR.

GOVERNOR WALZ VISITED ALEX PRETTI'S FAVORITE BIKE SHOP IN MEMORY OF THE MAN WHO WAS KILLED ALMOST TWO MONTHS AGO BY FEDERAL OFFICERS IN THE STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS.

>> I SAID, I JUST CAME DOWN HERE TO SAY THANK YOU.

THIS WAS KIND OF THE SPOT THAT ORGANIZED AROUND ALEX AND HE RIDE.

AND THEY GAVE ME AN END CAP THAT PEOPLE HAD MADE THAT HAS THE MINNEAPOLIS 2026.

AND I HEARD FROM FRIENDS OF MINE IN EUROPE WHO HEARD ABOUT THIS RIDE, AND IT WAS BIG.

I THINK THEY JUST KIND OF EMBODIED THE SPIRIT WE WERE FEELING AT THE TIME.

SO I HADN'T GOT A CHANCE TO GET DOWN HERE.

PEOPLE ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HEAL.

>> Mary: IN D.C., THE NEW HOMELAND SECURITY NOMINEE WAS ASKED ABOUT CALLING PRETTI A DERANGED INDIVIDUAL WHO CAME TO CAUSE MAX DAMAGE.

>> THOSE WORDS PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN RETRACTED.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT.

THE INVESTIGATION'S ONGOING.

AND THERE IS, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S SOMETIMES GOING TO MAKE MISTAKE AND I OWN IT.

>> Mary: THE GOVERNOR'S NEW REVISED BUDGET INCLUDES ASSISTANCE TO BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY HOMELAND SECURITY'S IMMIGRATION ACTION IN THE STATE.

>> METRO SURGE WAS NOT ONLY AN ATTACK ON OUR HUMAN RIGHTS, OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, IT PROVIDED AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COUNTRY TO SEE THE MORAL INJURY THAT WAS PUT ON TO MINNESOTA, BUT WE'RE LEFT TO PICK UP THE PIECES.

AND THE COSTS ARE IN THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND, SO, WE'RE PROPOSING SOME FORGIVABLE BUSINESS LOANS IN THERE, SPECIFICALLY AIMED AT THOSE THAT WERE HURT WORST BY METRO SURGE.

>> Mary: SO FAR, MOST REPUBLICAN LEADERS HAVE BEEN RELUCTANT TO SUPPORT THE IDEA.

>> GROWTH IN RURAL MINNESOTA IS GOING TO BE HURT BY THAT SO MUCH, AND, YET, THE GOVERNOR IS SELECTING A VERY SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HE WANTS TO HELP OUT IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS AND St.

PAUL PRIMARILY.

AND HE REALITY IS, THIS IS A MUCH BROADER ISSUE GOING ACROSS THE STATE.

AND FOR THE GOVERNOR TO DO THIS AGAIN IS A LITTLE BIT OF A SLAP IN THE FACE TO MOST MINNESOTANS OUT THERE.

>> WOULDN'T RURAL COMMUNITY BE ELIGIBLE FOR IT WHO WERE AFFECTED?

THERE ARE HIGH IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS IN RURAL MINNESOTA.

>> LOOK AT WHERE PRIMARILY THE DOLLARS ARE OING TO BE DIRECTED.

IT'S GOING TO BE TWO COUNTIES FOR THE MOST PART.

IT'S GOING TO BE HENNEPIN COUNTY AND RAMSEY COUNTY.

THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE UP THE LION'S SHARE OF THE FUNDING.

ONCE AGAIN.

>> SO THE BEST WAY TO EXPERIENCE MINNEAPOLIS IS BY FOOT.

>> Mary: IN A NEW TOURISM AD FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, MAYOR JACOB FREY FEATURES THE CITY'S FAMOUS WEATHER EXTREMES AND THE POLITICAL ACTIVISM THE WORLD SAW.

>> MINNEAPOLIS WE STAND UP FOR ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO WELCOME YOU.

>> Mary: AT THE CAP 'TOLL, IT'S CRUNCH TIME WITH BILL DEADLINES TO CLEAR COMMITTEES AND SPRING BREAK COMING UP AT THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

>> WE HAVE THIS TRUNCATED TIMELINE, DEADLINES ARE COMING UP.

SO YOU KIND OF JUST HAVE TO THROW SPAGHETTI AT THE WALL AND SEE WHAT WILL STICK.

IN THIS CASE, I THINK YOU'RE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.

>> Mary: REPRESENTATIVE TABKE FROM SHAKOPEE HAD THE CLOSEST ELECTION THAT WENT TO A RECOUNT IN THE DIVERSE SUBURB WE FEATURED IN A RACE TO WATCH.

HE'S BEEN OUTSPOKEN ABOUT THE IMPACT OF OPERATION METRO SURGE IN HIS COMMUNITY.

HIS BILL WOULD HAVE PROTECTED PEOPLE'S PRIVATE LICENSE PLATE DATA AFTER IMMIGRATION AGENTS USED THE NFO AGAINST MINNESOTANS.

>> THERE BEING 7 AYES AND 7 NAYS, THE BILL -- THE MOTION DOES NOT PREVAIL, AND THE BILL DOES NOT ADVANCE.

>> WE FOUND THIS ISSUE BECAUSE OF OPERATION METRO SURGE, BUT THEN IT QUICKLY GREW INTO SOMETHING THAT WAS MUCH MUCH BIGGER AND BROADER AND WIDER THAN THAT AS TO A MASSIVE DATA PRIVACY BREACH.

>> I WATCHED IN HORROR AS THE TWO VEHICLES DRIVEN BY FEDERAL AGENTS PULLED UP IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.

>> I WAS ABSOLUTELY ENRAGED THAT AN ARMED FEDERAL AGENT HAD TAKEN THIS LATANT ACT TO TRY TO INSTILL FEAR AND INTIMIDATE ME.

>> WHEN I ASKED IF THEY WERE LEAVING BECAUSE THE SURGE WAS APPARENTLY ENDING, THE INTERACTION QUICKLY BECAME HOSTILE.

THEY BEGAN BERATING ME AND MOCKING COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAD BEEN OBSERVING THEIR ACTIVITIES.

>> Mary: AND THE GENESIS OF THE IMMIGRATION ACTION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ROOTING OUT FRAUD.

SENATE DEMOCRATS ANNOUNCED THEIR PLAN.

>> IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO COMMIT TO THE VIGILANCE NECESSARY AND OVERSIGHT TO TAKE THE REPORTS THAT WE GET FROM THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR, SIGNALS THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM INSIDE THE AGENCIES, AND EVENTUALLY WHAT WE GET FROM THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL SERIOUSLY.

>> THIS IS NOT A LEFT OR A RIGHT ISSUE.

THIS IS A RIGHT OR A WRONG ISSUE.

>> WE NEED TO INVEST IN OUR TECHNOLOGY, IF WE CONSIDER THESE PROGRAMS MPORTANT, AND WE DO, AND WE WANT TO FIGHT FRAUD.

AND WE DO.

>> WE NOW HAVE ALL FOUR CAUCUSES ON BOARD.

WE'VE GOT THE GOVERNOR ON BOARD.

EVERYBODY WANTS THE OIG.

>> THAT WOULD BE NEWS TO ME.

I THINK MAYBE WE'RE ALL ON BOARD WITH THE CONCEPT OF AN OIG.

BUT HOW THAT OIG LOOKS AND OPERATES IN EFFECT, THREE OF THE OUR CAUCUSES ARE ON BOARD.

THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS STILL HAVE THEIR OWN IDEAS A