Minnesotans make statements with State of the Union guests
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Some members of Minnesota's congressional delegation are making statements via the guests they've invited to watch President Donald Trump's State of the Union address.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, a former refugee from Somalia, has invited Liberian refugee Linda Clark, who's now at risk of deportation as soon as the end of March because Trump has removed Liberian-Americans from the program under which Clark had been allowed to stay in the U.S.
Sen. Tina Smith is hosting Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, the nation's highest-ranking Native American woman ever elected to executive office.
Rep. Angie Craig, a new member of the House Agriculture Committee, invited Mazeppa farmer Katie Brenny.
And Sen. Amy Klobuchar will be joined by Nicole Smith-Holt, whose son died from diabetes complications because he struggled to afford his insulin prescription.
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