(Radio Iowa) – Republican Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says she doesn’t support Democrat calls that ICE agents be required to carry out arrests only with warrants, clearly display identification, and operate under strict use of force standards. “Because ICE needs to be able to operate and do their jobs. The bigger problem here is that we have sanctuary cities who are not complying with ICE detainers and cooperating with the federal government,” she says. “In places where you see that cooperation happening, things are running very, very smoothly.” Hinson says Democrats are wrong to call for defunnding and shutting down ICE.

“That’s a non-starter for us, and I would argue for the majority of Congress, but the package the House voted on would not only fund ICE, I remind everybody, but the T-S-A, the Coast Guard, and FEMA, and those are all very important agencies that we need to be serious about funding,” Hinson says. Hinson says the latest shooting of a man by ICE agents in Minneapolis is tragic and she supports a full investigation, but she says people are interfering and not complying with law enforcement.

” I asked three people yesterday, you know, have you ever had an unfavorable interaction with law enforcement? And all of them said ‘no.’ And I think that is at the root here,” Hinson says. “You’ve got a Minneapolis mayor who is saying that you shouldn’t comply, you should resist, a governor in Minnesota that’s saying you shouldn’t comply, you should resist. And so I think that’s the issue here is they have inflamed things so much that now people don’t know who they can trust.” Hinson is from Marion and currently represents Iowa’s Second Congressional District, but is running for the open U-S Senate seat.