Protest, dissent is constitutionally protected. That is the — everybody’s First Amendment right in this country.

We are in the midst of the creation of a police state.

I didn’t realize how much animosity there is here – we have a responsibility to the American public to work together.

It's the federal government's job to secure the border.

I think everyone in this room agrees with that, but nothing Minnesota has done to serve its own people stands in the way of the federal government managing border security and policies.

We have a broken immigration system in this country.

While you've convened this hearing to explore the issue of so-called 'sanctuary states,' Minnesota isn't even a sanctuary state.

Noem should resign in disgrace.

My job as the governor of Minnesota is to make Minnesota the best state in the nation.

Your sanctuary state agenda has been defined by your utter failure. You have failed to enforce the rule of law.

Nothing Minnesota has done to serve its own people stands in the way of the federal government managing border security and policies.

No one here wants to hear these horrific stories. But we have a job to do on limited resources.

Nothing we do precludes them from doing their job.

No one got everything they wanted.

My concern, of course, is that this inflames the situation and that he is hellbent on inflaming the situations.

Every governor is going to make their own decisions based on the situation.

Democrats believe in public safety. As a former prosecutor, it's been a lot of my life work, working with law enforcement.

All we need is four Republicans to stand up against what Josh Hawley calls immoral Medicaid cuts.