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Heads of ICE and Border Patrol will testify before a House committee in Washington.

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen, with his wife, Mary, enter the ballroom late Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, at the Minnesota Republican Party election night headquarters gathering at the Doubletree Hilton in St. Louis Park, Minn. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune)

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