<p>Governor Josh Shapiro (D-PA) claimed on Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had no legitimate &#8220;mission&#8221; when going into cities like Minneapolis, saying that he believed their only mission was &#8220;to violate people&#8217;s constitutional rights.&#8221;</p>
<p>Shapiro, who was a contender to be former Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; running mate in 2024 and is considered to be in the running for the 2028 Democratic nomination, discussed the situation during a conversation on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View.&#8221; He argued, among other things, that it was time for ICE&#8217;s &#8220;mission&#8221; to end — and said that he&#8217;d have no problem thwarting federal law enforcement if such operations targeted his state.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Shapiro says he&#8217;s ready to stop ICE from enforcing immigration law in Pennsylvania. <a href="https://t.co/hoXXZ2C0KB">pic.twitter.com/hoXXZ2C0KB</a></p>
<p>— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/2016186174411354127?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2026</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Co-host Ana Navarro raised the question of Minneapolis, referring first to the deadly confrontation between Border Patrol agents and Alex Pretti, and asking Shapiro to weigh in on the still-unfolding scene.</p>
<p>&#8220;Well, it&#8217;s obviously extremely disturbing,&#8221; Shapiro said of Pretti&#8217;s death. &#8220;To me, it is very clear that the mission the president and Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller and JD Vance and all of them sent these federal officials on is a mission to violate people&#8217;s constitutional rights, and it is clear that the mission needs to be terminated immediately, period, hard stop.&#8221;</p>
<p>Co-host Sara Haines took the next question, noting that Philadelphia could be a potential target for a similar surge of federal immigration enforcement resources and personnel, and she asked how Shapiro planned to respond if that were the case.</p>
<p>&#8220;What can you do if they bring this crackdown to your state next?&#8221; she asked.</p>
<p>Shapiro quickly made it clear that he had already considered that possibility — and was taking preemptive action to prepare ahead of time. &#8220;Look, Sara, we&#8217;ve been planning for this. We understand that this is a risk — maybe not just in Philly, but Pittsburgh, Lancaster, other communities across Pennsylvania; we&#8217;ve heard similar rumors. Wherever it comes, we&#8217;ll be prepared, we&#8217;ll be prepared in the community, we&#8217;ll be prepared in the court of law.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll remind you, as a former attorney general, I know how to take this president to court and win,&#8221; he declared, going on to boast, &#8220;And even as governor, I&#8217;ve taken him to court 19 times in his first 12 months in office. We&#8217;ve won every single time on behalf of the good people of Pennsylvania.&#8221;</p>

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