White House torches Tim Walz's speech about Trump's 'gulags,' 'chaos': 'His largest city burned to the ground'

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz shredded President Donald Trump's immigration policies, decrying "Salvadorian gulags" and claiming that students are "swept up."

The former Democratic vice presidential candidate used his state of the state address on Wednesday to criticize Trump and his administration for moving to deport illegal immigrants, including suspected gang members, as well as terrorist sympathizers. Danielle Wallace is a breaking news and politics reporter at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on X: @danimwallace. 

"The president has also chosen, and I stress this, chosen, to tear up the values that once made America the shining light of the world. In this land of the free and home of the brave, we have university students being swept up, shoved into unmarked vans, and fathers being tossed into Salvadorian gulags without a hint of due process," Walz claimed. 

"I want to be real clear about this. If you say you love freedom, but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn't freedom, it's privilege," the governor said, garnering a standing ovation on the Minnesota House floor.