Faver Dias Responds After Federal Agents Detain U.S. Citizens at Minnesota Target

SPRINGFIELD, ILL – Faver Dias issued the following statement after two U.S. citizens working at a Minnesota Target were aggressively detained by federal agents during an immigration operation:

“This situation is beyond gutting to me. I have young boys, and this could have been them—caught in a horrific situation simply for being at their place of work and doing what they are supposed to do. What’s even more heartbreaking is that this has become our reality: federal agents violating people’s constitutional rights just because they look a certain way. Hate should have no home anywhere in America, yet since Trump became president, he has helped normalize it to push his own agenda. We must continue to do everything we can to protect our rights.”