Insurrection? Minnesota Democrat Rep. Angie Craig Says Local Cities Telling Business Owners to Call 911 on ICE so Local Police Can “De-Escalate Federal Agents”

by Kristinn Taylor Jan. 19, 2026 8:15 am

Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) said while recently touring immigrant owned businesses in Minnesota she was told that local cities are telling business owners to call 911 if ICE agents enter their business or are in their parking lot so local police can “de-escalate federal agents.”

Craig also said, “Minnesotans, we know how to fight. This is no time for Minnesota nice.”

While ICE is trying to arrest and deport criminal aliens, Democrats wants residents to tie up 911 phone lines to stop ICE. Heart attacks, rapes and murder calls to 911 will apparently just have to wait for the insurrection.



Craig made her comments on the MSNOW show Politics Nation with host Rev. Al Sharpton.

Video clip posted by the RNC:

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Democrat Rep. Angie Craig tells people to call 911 if they see ICE.CRAIG: “If ICE comes onto this parking lot, if ICE comes into your business, call 911. We’re going to send out local police.”Minnesota Democrats are protecting criminal illegals.



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6:41 PM · Jan 18, 2026

Craig: And one of the things that we’re seeing right now is our local cities are telling business owners if ICE comes onto this parking lot, if ICE comes in to your business call 911. We’re going to send out local police to try to deescalate ICE.

We are in a circumstance in our country where literally, we’re calling on local law enforcement to try to come out and deescalate federal agents in our country. It’s just extraordinary.

And Minnesotans, we know how to fight. This is no time for Minnesota nice.

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The situation in Minnesota heated up over the weekend with reports the Pentagon has told about 1,500 troops stationed in Alaska to prepare for possible deployment to Minnesota while Gov. Tim Walz (D) has put the state’s National Guard on notice also.

There are a reported 3,000 federal agents in the Minneapolis area enforcing immigration laws, with many serving as force protection due to violent protesters interfering with arrests of criminal aliens.

Craig called 911 when she was attacked in an elevator in her Washington, D.C. apartment building in 2023.

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Statement by Rep. Angie Craig's Chief of Staff:

12:53 PM · Feb 9, 2023

The assailant, D.C. resident Kendrid Khalil Hamlin, was sentenced to 27 months in prison by a federal judge for the attack on Craig and for assaulting the two officers who arrested him.

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