“Today, we learned that a woman was killed during an encounter with ICE agents in Minnesota.

“My prayers are with her family and loved ones. People deserve to be treated with dignity, and every loss of life demands our full attention and care.

“When a life is lost at the hands of our government on our own soil, the public deserves complete and honest answers. Reports indicate she may have been impeding ICE agents at the time. That fact should be acknowledged plainly. But just as plainly: no one deserves to die for that.

“I believe in the rule of law, and I believe that every person, regardless of status, has inherent dignity. Those values are not in conflict. They rise or fall together.

“We cannot allow intimidation and chaos to become tools of governance, or disagreement to become grounds for dehumanization. A democracy survives only when we insist on restraint, dignity, and respect for every person.

“What we are seeing from federal immigration enforcement too often is not duty or order, but cruelty that puts lives at risk and erodes trust in the very institutions meant to keep people safe. As leaders, our responsibility is clear: protect and uphold public safety, demand accountability from those in power, and never lose sight of our shared humanity.”