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Baldwin, Johnson React to Homeland Security Funding Fight
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Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson on Homeland Security funding given actions in Minneapolis.
Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson respond to Congress debating Homeland Security funding given actions in Minneapolis after another protestor is killed.
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Baldwin, Johnson React to Homeland Security Funding Fight
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Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson respond to Congress debating Homeland Security funding given actions in Minneapolis after another protestor is killed.
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Border czar Tom Homan came to Minnesota late this week to say the immigration enforcement mission is going to improve, and that he is working on a drawdown plan.
Meanwhile, U.S.
Senate Democrats demand tighter rules for federal officers before voting to extend funding to Homeland security, even as that funding is part of a larger spending bill ahead of the vote and compromise.
Wisconsin U.S.
senators staked their positions on the matter.
Speaking with Wisconsin Public Radio, Senator Tammy Baldwin said, quote, Americans agreed with Trump that we should get hardened criminals, dangerous criminals who are here undocumented, under arrest and out of the country.
But we are seeing Ice and other federal agents behave in a much broader way.
They're just combing the streets, going door to door outside our schools.
It is out of control.
Senator Johnson told This week this is just a continuation of the defund police movement.
Democrats opened up the borders, allowed millions of people to flood into this country, including criminals, human sex drug traffickers, resulting in these rapes and murders.
And now the very agency tasked with cleaning up that enormous Democrat
Here & Now opening for January 30, 2026
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Clip: S2400 Ep2429 | 1m 5s | The introduction to the January 30, 2026 episode of Here & Now. (1m 5s)
Howard Schweber on Protesting ICE and Constitutional Rights
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Clip: S2400 Ep2429 | 12m 48s | Howard Schweber on the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti and the Bill of Rights. (12m 48s)
Wisconsin's 2026 Governor Candidates Consider School Funding
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Clip: S2400 Ep2429 | 9m 27s | Candidates in the 2026 race for governor on public school funding and choice vouchers. (9m 27s)
Witnessing — and Fearing — ICE Actions in St. Croix County
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Clip: S2400 Ep2429 | 4m 2s | Immigration raids and protests are weighing upon communities in western Wisconsin. (4m 2s)
Wisconsin's 2026 Supreme Court Candidates on ICE and the Law
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Clip: S2400 Ep2429 | 3m 56s | Maria Lazar and Chris Taylor on the role of courts concerning Homeland Security actions. (3m 56s)
Wisconsin's 2026 Governor Candidates Consider State Prisons
Clip: S2400 Ep2429 | 4m 41s | Candidates in the 2026 race for governor on a plan to overhaul the corrections system. (4m 41s)
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