Denounced by GOP lawmakers, blue state governors defend immigration policies

Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota, from left, J.B. Pritzker, governor of Illinois, and Kathy Hochul, governor of New York, during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. For Republicans, the hearing is a chance to amplify an issue important to President Donald Trump and perhaps regain control of the sanctuary narrative after DHS published a list of jurisdictions it identified as hostile to immigration law enforcement, and then pulled it down after strenuous accuracy objections from targeted communities and the head of the National Sheriffs Association. Photographer: Allison Robbert/Bloomberg via Getty Images

GOP lawmakers on Thursday blasted Democratic immigration policies as coddling violent criminals. Democrats portrayed Trump’s escalating migrant sweeps as a dangerous assault on civil liberties.

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