Washington, Feb. 17 -- Congresswoman Betty McCollum issued the following press release:

On Thursday, Congresswoman Betty McCollum and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin wrote to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons to express concern over a pattern of illegal and unconstitutional retaliation against Minnesotans' lawful expression of their first amendment rights.

"On January 16, an owner of Mischief Toy Store in Saint Paul was interviewed on ABC News about the store's efforts to hand out free 3D printed whistles to support a 'nonviolent form of protest and to alert everyone around that there is ICE activity going on.' Th...