WASHINGTON — Congressman Tom Emmer of Minnesota bashed the state’s largest newspaper, the Star Tribune, for not being on-board with the massive Trump pogrom against the U.S. immigration population. Emmer, a close Trump ally, is from the MN-6 Minneapolis-St. Cloud corridor. He said: “While the local, worthless media in my home state tries to spin that as a bad thing, the brave men of ICE are getting the worst of the worst illegal aliens in Minnesota off the streets.” Emmer was objecting to StarTrib reporting that 40% of the immigrants arrested under Trump have no criminal history. The StarTrib also reported finding that undocumented immigrants commit crimes at a lower rate than U.S. citizens. This is contrary to the Trump narrative about criminality among immigrants — a claim that neither Trump nor Emmer has supported with evidence.
Emmer. Criticizes StarTrib’s data on deportation arrests but offers no counter-evidence.