WASHINGTON —Vice PresidentJD Vancewill visit Minneapolis, Minnesota on Thursday, a person familiar with his plans said Jan. 20.
Vance will hold a roundtable with community members and deliver remarks in the city where the Trump administration isfighting to continueits immigration operations.
Vancehas defendedthe killing ofRenee Goodby an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, calling it "a tragedy of her own making"and alleging she waspart of vast left-wing extremist network. The shooting prompted protests and has provoked bitter dispute between state and local officials.
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The Trump administration's expandedimmigration enforcement raidsandofficers' aggressive tacticshavestirred protestsand increasing calls from local officials for ICE to leave the city.
Vance also visited Minnesota in September with his wife to pay his respects to the victims ofthe mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church.
On Aug. 27,a shooter firing through the windowsof the church during a school Mass. An8-year-old and 10-year-old were killed in the mass shootingat the church, which includes a school for grades preschool through 8th. Another 18 people were injured, including 15 children and three parishioners in their 80s, authorities said.
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