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Residents urge Blue Earth County commissioners to oppose proposed federal cuts and ICE operations

Blue Earth County Board of Commissioners · March 4, 2026
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Summary

Two local residents told the board March 3 that proposed federal budget changes would strip SNAP and Medicaid support and called on Blue Earth County to publish a fiscal‑impact statement and consider a resolution opposing the legislation and ICE enforcement practices.

Two Mankato residents used the board's public‑comment period on March 3 to urge Blue Earth County commissioners to speak out against a proposed federal budget bill they said would cut SNAP and Medicaid funding and increase immigration enforcement.

Jane Dow, who gave her address for the record, said the measure (which she called a “billionaire bill”)…

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