Protesters gather outside the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul during a demonstration against Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, left; an ICE agent is pictured, right. (Abbie Parr/AP; Victor Blue/Getty Images)
"If Dems would just honor the detainers, ICE would pick up illegal aliens from jail, where they’re already in custody," Republican strategist Tim Murtaugh remarked on the findings.
"But because they don’t, ICE has to find the illegal aliens in the community after they’re released," he said. "ICE didn’t bring the chaos. The chaos is what brought ICE."
Prosecutors and lawmakers in states not mentioned in the analysis agreed; there is no smoke in their jurisdictions because there is no fire.
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"Law enforcement works best when it works together, focusing on the mission and not limited by what it says on our badges," Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman told Fox News Digital.
"As threats grow, zealous collaboration amongst federal, state and local law enforcement is necessary to keep American families safe."
Coleman said cooperation with ICE in Kentucky is helping keep the peace, and avoid the kinds of violent scenes seen in Minneapolis and elsewhere.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall testifies during Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Al Drago/Getty Images)
"With local law enforcement [cooperation], DHS can identify and just send a small team in," Kilgore said, adding that dynamic happened a lot under Youngkin when ICE was allowed to surgically pursue MS-13 gangsters due to cooperation from Richmond.
"I would encourage [Spanberger] to rethink this because it's making Virginians less safe – period."
Fox News Digital reached out to Spanberger for comment. Previously, she said that "state and local law enforcement should not be required to divert their limited resources to enforce federal civil immigration laws."
Leaders in states where chaos has erupted have defended their stance, with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison citing a "federal invasion of the Twin Cities and Minnesota [that] must stop."
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta called ICE-involved unrest in Los Angeles part of a pattern of attacks on immigrant communities by President Donald Trump and said the immigration enforcement operations are "not about safety and justice" but "quotas" for DHS.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul previously referred to federal agents as "occupiers" who "often violently question residents" without warrants or probable cause.
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