Federal law enforcement agents outside a private residence in St. Paul, Minn., on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to the Department of Homeland Security and the White House for a response to the bill but did not immediately hear back.
KTTH radio host Jason Rantz slammed Simmons’s bill on X.
"This shows the stunning hypocrisy of Democrats. Simmons is a convicted felon who has repeatedly pushed to force people to hire felons or offer them housing. She openly advocates for hardened criminals. Yet when it comes to law enforcement — hardworking Americans who don’t break the law — they should be shamed and discriminated against? It’s absolutely shameful," he told Fox News Digital in a statement Thursday.
A campaign website for Simmons, who was re-elected in 2024, describes her as "a lawyer, a civil rights activist, and a national leader in the fight for criminal justice reform."
CALIFORNIA DEMOCRAT APPEARS TO CALL TO DEFUND ICE, RESTART IT FROM SCRATCH
Demonstrators protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in St. Paul, Minn., on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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"Headlines, citizen-captured video, and stories from community-members have documented the inhumane and violent tactics ICE agents use to carry out a sinister dragnet operation," Simmons' press release added. "Agents have been seen breaking the windows of people’s vehicles, snatching individuals off our streets and out of our communities, accessing state data to track people down, detaining undocumented folks, student visa holders, legal green-card residents and U.S. citizens alike without cause, and even shooting and killing legal observers in broad daylight."
Fox News Digital’s Landon Mion contributed to this report.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
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