Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar told ABC’s “This Week” that federal agents “need to leave our state” in response to the killing of a second American citizen during protests against immigration enforcement in recent weeks. “My message is simple, ICE is making us not more safe, they’re making us less safe, and they need to get out of our state,” she said. “Half a dozen ICE and border control agents couldn’t handle a guy with a cell phone taking video of them and shot him.” “One of these constituents of mine was a poet, and the other was a nurse. They had no criminal record. So, I would start with that,” Klobuchar said. “I’ve reached out to the Justice Department. I have spoken to high-ranking people in the White House. I’ve mostly said to them, if your goal was to go after fraud, that’s a righteous goal, but that’s not what this is. If your goal was to apprehend violent offenders — good. But that’s not what you’re doing anymore.” SEN. AMY KLOBUCHAR, (D) MINNESOTA: People are afraid. And two of the three, two-thirds of the recorded homicides in Minneapolis right now were committed by federal agents. Two of three. That’s what we’re dealing with. And that is why my message is simple, ICE is making us, not more safe, they’re making us less safe, and they need to get out of our state. JON KARL, ABC NEWS: It’s remarkable to hear what the deputy attorney general said about this. He said that essentially state and local officials — I’m going to read his words exactly, a federal investigation is ongoing. Make no mistake, this avoidable tragedy is the result of the total failure of Minnesota’s city and state officials. He’s blaming this on state and local officials. I mean, what do you make of that? KLOBUCHAR: I don’t know how you can say — you know, I have been with these officials, I have seen them, I think you have too, pleading for peace. And somehow 50,000 peaceful protesters in 10 below weather — I was there with them marching — when they were able to march without any problems. And then the next day, a half a dozen ICE and border control agents couldn’t handle a guy with a cell phone taking video of them and shot him. So, I think it’s pretty obvious what’s going on here. And what needs to happen is, they need to leave. KARL: So, and we’ve seen the secretary of homeland security, almost in mirror images — I mean, she’s — she — two weeks ago, she calls Renee Good a domestic terrorist. Now she is saying that this was an act of terrorism by Alex Pretti. Have you reached out to the secretary? Have you — and if you haven’t, I mean if you get it, what’s your message to her? KLOBUCHAR: One of these constituents of mine was a poet, and the other was a nurse. They had no criminal record. So, I would start with that. And I have reached out to the White House. I’ve reached out to the Justice Department. I have spoken to high-ranking people in the White House. And I’ve mostly said to them, if your goal was to go after fraud, that’s a righteous goal, but that’s not what this is. If your goal was to apprehend violent offenders — good. But that’s not what you’re doing anymore when you’re taking five-year-olds and putting them in your car or wrestling down citizens. Maybe one is Latino and two are white. They pick out the Latino, and they say, Where are you from? The guy’s yelling, I was born here, I was born here, throw him in the car and, if we’re lucky, they’ll let him out of that car a few blocks later because they get a bounty for picking people up. There is a reason that the International Association of Police Chiefs, which is a pretty conservative organization, just came out and said that police, federal, local, must follow the law and that they also must follow police procedure. Police trust is based on how they interact with the community. So, I just look at this whole thing, and it’s wrong, and it’s completely out of control and out of balance, and they need to leave our state. …

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