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Trump's ICE Crackdown Is a 2026 Election Test Run - Sen. Tina Smith - Democracy Docket
Minnesota Senator Tina Smith joins Marc Elias to expose how the Trump administration is using her state as a testing ground for authoritarian overreach—deploying ICE violence, weaponizing the Justice Department, and demanding voter files to undermine future elections. Smith details civil rights abuses, community resistance on the ground, and the real strategy behind attacks on immigrant communities and election infrastructure ahead of 2026.