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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) said he's "not afraid" of the Trump administration after receiving a warning about instructing state employees on how to handle a confrontation with ICE officials.

Evers released a YouTube video Friday to hit back at "border czar" Tom Homan's suggestion that the governor was working to impede ICE arrests.

"The goal of this guidance was simple — to provide clear, consistent instructions to state employees and ensure they have a lawyer to help them comply with all federal and state laws. Nothing more, nothing less," Evers said....

This article first appeared on Wisconsin Watch and is republished under a Creative Commons license.

Facing political opposition in both the governor’s office and Wisconsin Supreme Court, legislative Republicans are seeking to lock in existing conservative policies — and in some instances, create new ones — with the direct help of voters.

Using Wisconsin’s constitutional amendment process, Republicans are seeking to codify a wide-ranging set of policies in the document that underpins the state’s legal and governance systems — changes that could only be removed or modified using the same process or via a court order....