Sen. Amy Klobuchar Amy Klobuchar3 reasons why Biden is misreading the politics of court packing Social media platforms put muscle into National Voter Registration Day Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE (Minn.), a Democratic White House hopeful, said on Sunday that President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE is using the expected Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation raids and images from migrant detention centers as distractions from issues facing Americans.

"He wants us to be talking about this today and he uses these people as political pawns," she said on ABC's "This Week."

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Klobuchar asked why Trump would broadcast the ICE raids and alert the migrants agents will target if his true intention is removing security risks from the streets.

"If you really wanted to go after the security risks ... why would you alert them and say you're doing this on a Sunday?" she asked.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar says warnings about ICE raids are "about scaring everyone" and "changing the news" and not about security as claimed.



"If you really wanted to go after security risks ... why would you alert them and say you're doing this on a Sunday?" https://t.co/fMX7Ah0Zkj pic.twitter.com/UZwm4l90eA — This Week (@ThisWeekABC) July 14, 2019

She said the president "wants this chaos to distract people" and the raids are about "scaring everyone" and "changing the news."

While she added that she doesn't support decriminalizing border crossings, Klobuchar emphasized she would have different enforcement priorities when it comes to immigration.

"I don't support open borders and simply getting rid of the statute," she said. " I think the answer is having a new president."