Eric Schmitt calls federal immigration agents in Minnesota ‘heroes’

By: Fletcher Mantooth

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: January 29, 2026

Words: 699

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt took to the Senate floor Wednesday to defend federal agents arresting suspected undocumented immigrants in Minnesota, calling them “American heroes.”

“We owe them our absolute, unequivocal, unflinching support,” the senator told his colleagues, many of whom are now calling for an investigation into the Department of Homeland Security after two fatal shootings in Minnesota. Schmitt’s fellow Missouri Republican, Sen. Josh Hawley, is one of the senators calling for an …

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