Stephen Miller claims local police in Minnesota have been told to 'stand down and surrender' as federal agents 'uphold t

Source: Independent

Stephen Miller claims local police in Minnesota have been told to ‘stand down and surrender’ as federal agents ‘uphold the law’

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Miller, the architect behind the Trump administration’s anti-immigration agenda, made the claim in a X post Sunday night.

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“Only federal officers are upholding the law,” claimed Miller. “Local and state police have been ordered to stand down and surrender.”

The Minneapolis Police Department denied Miller’s claim in a statement to The Independent.

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Miller was responding to another social media post by New York Post columnist Miranda Devine, who claimed “local cops have gone AWOL” in Minneapolis.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/stephen-miller-ice-minneapolis-protests-b2903238.html