Rep. Mike Lawler: We Need To Wake Up After Minneapolis

The tragic deaths in Minneapolis were preventable, and they should be a wake-up call for the country.

In today’s New York Times, I lay out why America needs a secure, lawful, and humane immigration system, and why partisan extremes have failed to deliver real solutions for…

— Congressman Mike Lawler (@RepMikeLawler) January 27, 2026

Today we recognize International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 81 years after the liberation of Auschwitz.

May we never forget the horrors of the Holocaust, and may we remain vigilant in standing up to antisemitism wherever it exists today. pic.twitter.com/8FERgnqRjJ

— Congressman Mike Lawler (@RepMikeLawler) January 27, 2026

Today we honor the memory of the six million Jews and millions of others lost in the Holocaust, the greatest tragedy in all of human history. We carry the weight of this history as a solemn reminder that silence in the face of antisemitism is never an option.

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— House Republicans (@HouseGOP) January 27, 2026

Clownish enforcement theater in Minneapolis … check

Caped White libtards predictably get shot in volatile situations … check

Optics disaster craters public support for ICE … check

Pivot to amnesty … check

New York Times:

“The deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis this month were tragic and preventable. No matter where you stand on immigration enforcement, the shootings show that what the country has been doing is not working.

The loudest voices on each extreme have retreated to their usual corners. They have an interest in keeping our immigration problems unsolved and politically divisive. Everyone else must see that Congress and the president need to embrace a new comprehensive national immigration policy that acknowledges Americans’ many legitimate concerns about how the government has conducted immigration policy. …

Americans do not want chaos. They want a common-sense bipartisan solution. …

After tensions have calmed, Congress can then piece together the rest of an immigration plan that settles the issue. Along with building on Mr. Trump’s border policies, a realistic plan would provide a path to legal status — not citizenship — for long-term illegal immigrants without criminal records. This path would be rigorous and fair, and it would aim to keep families together. Fair means those who benefit would face mandatory work requirements, forgo public assistance and pay fines and any back taxes they might owe. …”

As many people have noted, the purpose of the MacGuffin in Minnesota isn’t to accomplish the Trump administration’s stated goal of “mass deportations.” The overwhelming majority of Somalis in Minneapolis are either naturalized citizens or refugees who have some form of legal status that shields them from deportation. Less than 1% of illegal aliens in America live in Minnesota.

The inordinate attention being given to Minnesota and the violent clashes there with caped White libtards are useful only in the sense that it is souring the public on immigration enforcement. Many elected officials in the GOP like Sen. James Lankford or Rep. Mike Lawler have never wanted “mass deportations” to begin with and see Minneapolis as a useful pretext for them to slip out of their handcuffs and return to their confront zone which is proposing legislation to grant legal status to illegal aliens. Mass deportations are an annoying distraction from their existential fight against Iran and antisemitism.