Stephen Colbert says Trump is 'clearly invading Minnesota'

"Has anyone told him that they don't have oil?"
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The Trump administration has over 2,000 federal immigration agents in Minnesota, with 1,000 more to be deployed by the Department of Homeland Security, despite local officials in the city of Minneapolis urging them to leave.

On The Late Show Tuesday night, host Stephen Colbert called it out: "So he's clearly invading Minnesota. Has anyone told him that they don't have oil? Because the best he’s going to get is 50 million barrels of cream of mushroom soup."

Protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have spread across America after the killing of 37-year-old mother Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis last week, which Colbert called "just the latest and most horrifying abuse of that great city by Homeland Security."

"If you've been on social media, you've seen all the terrible activities these officers have been up to, pulling people from vehicles, raiding homes and schools, both threatening and then delivering violence," said Colbert during his monologue, then turning to a viral clip doing the rounds on social media. "You may also have seen this, an ICE officer running on the sidewalk and then absolutely eatin' duke."

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Shannon Connellan
UK Editor

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.


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