WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison from a Feb. 12, 2026, oversight hearing on federal immigration enforcement: * * * Chairman Paul, Ranking Member Peters, members of the committee, thank you for the chance to speak with you today. I am Keith Ellison, Attorney General of Minnesota. No official in Minnesota opposes legitimate immigration enforcement. I am here, however, to ask that it be fair, proportionate, and consis more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued the following written testimony by Minnesota Department of Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell from a Feb. 12, 2026, oversight hearing on federal immigration enforcement: * * * Chairman Paul, Ranking Member Peters, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Paul Schnell, and I serve as the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC). I appear before you today as a career public safety more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following opening statement, from a Feb. 12, 2026, hearing on the oversight of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection: * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for convening today's hearing. In communities all across the country, Americans have seen on video, with their own eyes, as law enforcement officers from the Department of Homeland Security have tackled a more PR