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US Attorney General Pam Bondi is accused of holding Minnesota hostage, demanding sensitive voter data as the price for ending a deadly ICE crackdown.

The federal government has weaponized public safety. In a chilling ultimatum, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has told Minnesota that if it wants peace, it must surrender the private data of its citizens.
The demand came in a letter to Governor Tim Walz, delivered while the state is still mourning the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents during the controversial "Operation Metro Surge." Bondi explicitly linked the de-escalation of the aggressive ICE crackdown to the state's compliance in handing over full voter rolls, Medicaid data, and food stamp records. It is a move that legal experts and state officials are calling a "ransom note" drafted in the Department of Justice.
This is not about immigration enforcement; it is about the midterm elections. The Trump administration has long sought to prove the phantom menace of "non-citizen voting," despite zero evidence. By demanding social security numbers and driver’s license data, the DOJ aims to run Minnesota’s voters against a federal database—a process rife with errors that could disenfranchise thousands of legitimate citizens.
"They are holding our peace hostage," said one Minneapolis community leader. The implications are terrifying: a federal executive branch using police power to extort political data from a sovereign state. Bondi’s logic—that the state’s refusal to enforce federal immigration law justifies this intrusion—sets a precedent that could dismantle the firewall between state administration and federal overreach.
As the legal battle heads to court, the people of Minnesota remain caught in the crossfire. They are being asked to choose between their privacy and their safety, a choice that no American should ever have to make.
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