IMMIGRATION CONCERNS.

>> Cathy: ALL RIGHT, ANGELA, THANK YOU.

>> Mary: ALL RIGHT.

LAWMAKERS WRAPPED UP THEIR FIRST SPECIAL SESSION OF THE YEAR BY PASSING THE REST OF THE BUDGET TO KEEP STATE GOVERNMENT RUNNING.

FEDERAL CUTS COULD CAUSE THE GOVERNOR TO CALL LEGISLATORS BACK ONCE AGAIN, AND D.C. IS WHERE WALZ CONCLUDED THE WEEK AS HIS NATIONAL POLITICAL PROFILE CONTINUES TO GROW WHILE DEMOCRATS REMAIN DIVIDED BACK AT HOME.

[ PEOPLE CHANTING ] THE START OF SPECIAL SESSION WAS DRAMATIC.

CONCERNS ABOUT DEMOCRACY AND CLAIMS OF DEATHS RESULTING IN THE END OF STATE HEALTHCARE FOR ADULT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.

>> ALL: TOGETHER WE STAND, TOGETHER WE FALL!

>> THEY SAY ONE MINNESOTA.

THIS AIN'T ONE MINNESOTA.

[ Gavel banging ] >> REPRESENTATIVE PÉREZ-VEGA, YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER.

ORDER IN THE CHAMBER.

>> THIS BILL IS CRUEL.

IT IS INHUMANE.

IT WILL COST REAL HUMAN MINNESOTAN LIVES.

VOTE NO.

>> AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE FOR THOSE MINNESOTANS, LAW-ABIDING, HARDWORKING MINNESOTANS WHO DEPEND ON IT.

>> Mary: THE TOP DFL LEADERS FROM BOTH CHAMBERS HAD TO DEFY THEIR BASE AND THEIR CAUCUS AND VOTE WITH REPUBLICANS TO UPHOLD A DEAL TO KEEP GOVERNMENT GOING.

>> IN 20 YEARS, I DON'T REMEMBER EVER HAVING TO VOTE FOR SOMETHING AS PAINFUL AS THAT.

WHAT I WORRY ABOUT IS THE PEOPLE WHO WILL LOSE THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE.

I KNOW THAT PEOPLE WILL BE HURT BY THAT VOTE.

AND I'M -- >> WE KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO BE A REALLY HARD ISSUE.

>> THERE WAS A BUDGET FULL OF HARD AND DIFFICULT CHOICES.

>> I MADE AN AGREEMENT.

I GAVE MY WORD.

I WILL VOTE FOR THIS.

IT'S AMONG THE MOST PAINFUL VOTES I'VE EVER TAKEN.

>> Mary: THE QUESTION NOW IS WHETHER DFL MEMBERS WILL CHALLENGE THEIR LEADERS AND MOVE TO REPLACE THEM.

DO YOU THINK IN THE INTERIM, THERE COULD BE A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP?

>> THIS COMPROMISE IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL NOT STAND OR.

WE ERE NOT A PART OF MAKING THIS DECISION AND WE CONTINUE TO PUSH OUR LEADERS TO DO BETTER.

>> WE WISH OUR LEADERS HAD DONE BETTER.

>> THIS POLICY NEEDS TO BE THE CEILING AND NOT THE FLOOR FOR HOW WE TREAT O OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNES.

>> Mary: LABOR LEADERS ALSO JOINED THE P.O.C.I.

CAUCUS IN THEIR QUESTIONS WHICH COULD ALL MAKE GOVERNOR WALZ AMBITIONS MORE UNCERTAIN.

>> IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT, WE BELIEVE THAT HEALTHCARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT, NO MATTER WHERE SOMEONE WAS BORN, WHERE THEY LIVE, OR WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.

>> THIS IS ARE ISOUNDING HELL NO AND IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN.

>> I SAY TODAY A LITTLE BIT OF MIXED FEELINGS.

IT FEELS LIKE YOU JUST FINISHED A MARATHON AND SOMEONE'S ASKING IF YOU WANT TO RUN ANOTHER ONE.

BUT IT ALSO IS THE EXCITEMENT OF, DEMOCRACY'S WORKING HERE.

THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

>> Mary: STATE AWMAKERS ARE FACING FEDERAL CUTS WHICH COULD RESULT IN THE GOVERNOR CALLING ANOTHER SPECIAL SESSION FOR A HOUSE LOCKED IN A HISTORIC TIE.

>> MAKING HISTORY IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS WITH THE ONLY TIED LEGISLATURE FOR THE SECOND TIME IN HISTORY.

>> IT DOES SEEM LIKE THE GOVERNOR'S ON NATIONAL POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS MIGHT BE PUSHING US TOWARDS HIM WANTING TO CALL US BACK INTO A SPECIAL SESSION.

>> Mary: WALZ IN WASHINGTON TESTIFYING BEFORE CONGRESS.

>> YOU CLAIM YOU'RE NOT A SANCTUARY STATE.

YOU JUST PROVIDE FREE HEALTHCARE, FREE COLLEGE, AND DLBSST TO ILLEGAL ALIENS.

ONE REASON YOU'RE HERE TESTIFYING BEFORE US TODAY IS BECAUSE YOU REFUSE TO COOPERATE WITH I.C.E.

>> MINNESOTA FOLLOWS ALL LAWS -- >> IT'S A VERY EASY QUESTION.

IF YOU CLAIM USH NOT A SANCTUARY STATE, YOU JUST -- I GUESS, YOU JUST CLAIM THAT YOU SUPPORT POLICIES -- OU'RE NOT A SANCTUARY STATE BUT YOU SUPPORT POLICIES THAT PREVENT I.C.E.

ROM DOING THEIR JOB.

ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

>> THAT IS INCORRECT, CONGRESSMAN.

>> IF YOU THINK THAT'S NOT A SANCTUARY STATE, YOU SHOULDN'T BE GOVERNOR.

>> I DON'T CALL FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS GE STAPO.

YOU WERE RECENTLY QUOTED.

WHERE'S THE APOLOGY.

>> DONALD TRUMP.

>> OH, NO.

YOU.

DONALD TRUMP'S NOT HERE.

YOU ARE, GOVERNOR.

YOU'RE A BIG BOY.

>> I WOULD ASK, DON'T WEAR MASKS.

DON'T IDENTIFY WHO YOU ARE.

>> GOVERNOR, YOU CALLED THEM GE STAPO A.O.WILL YOU APOLOGIZE FOR THAT?

>> DID YOU EVER VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT BIDEN'S AND THEN PRESIDENT BIDEN'S COGNITIVE DECLINE?

>> NO, NOT THAT I RECALL.

I WAS PROBABLY MORE CONCERNED