Harris praises Minneapolis pushback against immigration enforcement

Former vice president Kamala Harris said Minneapolis’ resistance to recent immigration control efforts “is such a great example” for the United States.

Harris made the remark Wednesday evening during a stop on her book tour at the Macon City Auditorium in Georgia, where she also said, “There are times when we just have to be intolerant and say we’re not going to have this.”

“In Minnesota, from what we’ve seen in Minneapolisis such a great example. In this regard, look at what is happening among people in the community, who do not necessarily know each other. They go out with their whistles and blow their whistles to alert people in the community of what might be happening that poses a threat to members of the community, they take out their smartphones, their cell phones, they take the video and they check on their neighbors,” Harris said to a crowd of about 300 people.

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris is pictured at left. At right, a person whistles as federal agents conduct an immigration raid days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 13, 2026. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images; Ryan Murphy/Reuters)

Harris also said at one point during the event that she was there to “advocate intolerance.”

“And in this moment, when so many people are feeling, rightly and understandably, fear and anxiety, we have to take our power back. We have to take our power back and, and I’m seeing this more and more, I think after the shock of seeing some of the things that we’ve seen dissipate, people are kind of done,” Harris said.

“They say, ‘I’m just not going to tolerate this.’ And I’m here to advocate intolerance. We teach intolerance for so many good reasons and on so many things, and we must maintain that. But you understand what I’m saying, there are times when we have to be intolerant and say we don’t have that,” she added.

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Federal agents fire pepper balls at protesters outside an ICE facility during a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 11, 2026. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Harris spoke for more than an hour, touching on a range of topics including her upbringing, the current political landscape and what the future holds.

Even though she never mentioned the president Donald Trump by name, she referred to him several times, referring to “him”, “this man” and “this administration”.

Federal Border Patrol agents arrest a protester during a protest over the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, during a rally against increased immigration enforcement across the city, in front of the Whipple Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 8, 2026. (Tim Evans/Reuters)

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Harris also said it is “critically important that we stand up and fight for the principles we hold dear and the ideals on which we were founded.”

Fox News’ Andre Tinoco contributed to this report.