Following the brokering of &#8220;unprecedented&#8221; cooperation with local authorities in Minnesota, border czar Tom Homan announced a massive &#8220;drawdown&#8221; of federal immigration agents during a press conference on Wednesday morning.
Starting Wednesday, 700 federal immigration officers and agents will be leaving the Twin Cities area, Homan said. The personnel change comes after Homan said he secured deals with &#8220;an unprecedented number of counties&#8221; that have agreed to &#8220;allow ICE to take custody of illegal aliens before they hit the streets.&#8221;
That will leave 2,000 federal immigration agents in Minnesota, along with all the teams working on fraud investigations, Homan said.
The former ICE chief also met with Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz, Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey, and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, along with local police chiefs, last week.
&#8220;We currently have an unprecedented number of counties communicating with us now and allowing ICE to take custody of illegal aliens before they hit the streets, unprecedented cooperation. And I&#8217;ll say it again, this is efficient, it requires only one or two officers to assume custody of a criminal alien target rather than eight or ten officers going into the community and arresting that public safety threat,&#8221; Homan said.
&#8220;More officers taking custody of criminal aliens directly from the jails, means less officers on the street doing criminal operations. This is smart law enforcement, not less law enforcement. This is safer for the community, safer for the officers, and safer for the alien,&#8221; he said.
Homan insisted that the Trump administration isn&#8217;t &#8220;surrendering&#8221; its mass deportation campaign.
Going forward, Border Patrol and ICE will now work together &#8220;under one unified command&#8221; rather than the separate &#8220;chains of command&#8221; they were previously operating under, according to Homan.
&#8220;Any large amount of force, an operation I’ve ever been involved with, there’s one chain of command,&#8221; he said.
Homan also clarified that while arrest operations will be &#8220;targeted,&#8221; focusing on nabbing the worst illegal immigrant criminals first, anyone who is in the country illegally is still on the table.
President Donald Trump sent Homan to Minneapolis last week, replacing Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, who was known for his aggressive and made-for-TV raids. Bovino&#8217;s tactics also included more sweeping patrols.
Bovino has since returned to his duties as the Border Patrol chief of California&#8217;s El Centro sector.
The leadership change came after two anti-ICE protesters were shot and killed by federal immigration agents.
To prevent further bloodshed, Homan said he&#8217;s asked local police chiefs to respond when federal immigration agents are up against violent protesters.
&#8220;Every chief I talked to, every one of them promised to respond to any public safety issue when our officers are out doing their sworn duty and people start crossing the line and they start impeding and interfering,&#8221; Homan said.
&#8220;There&#8217;s still more sheriffs we are in discussions with and are talking to, but I have not heard the word no,&#8221; he added.
Minnesota Sheriffs Association executive director James Stuart told The Daily Wire that the &#8220;vast majority&#8221; of sheriffs in the state want better communication with ICE, while also advocating for a draw down of federal agents.
Stuart said the deals with ICE and local sheriffs are not yet complete, adding that it&#8217;s &#8220;a work in progress&#8221; that could take weeks or months.
In an effort to increase transparency, the Trump administration will deploy body-worn cameras for all federal immigration officers in Minneapolis.

US-IMMIGRATION-ICE-SHOOTING

Homan Strikes Deal In Minnesota, Yanks Hundreds Of Immigration Officers

jacob frey

Minneapolis

Tim Walz

Tom Homan

President Donald Trump issued a strong warning to Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday morning after the mayor doubled down on refusing to cooperate with federal immigration agents.
After speaking with Trump by phone on Monday and meeting with border czar Tom Homan on Tuesday, Frey <a href="https://x.com/MayorFrey/status/2016241048209518736">said</a> Minneapolis would not cooperate in enforcing federal immigration laws. Trump blasted the mayor over the remark, which he called &#8220;a very serious violation of the Law.&#8221;
&#8220;Surprisingly, Mayor Jacob Frey just stated that, &#8216;Minneapolis does not, and will not, enforce Federal Immigration Laws.&#8217; This is after having had a very good conversation with him,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115972940749866695">wrote</a> on Truth Social. &#8220;Could somebody in his inner sanctum please explain that this statement is a very serious violation of the Law, and that he is PLAYING WITH FIRE!&#8221;
Frey <a href="https://x.com/MayorFrey/status/2016517831538446802">shot back</a> at Trump on Wednesday morning, saying, &#8220;The job of our police is to keep people safe, not enforce fed immigration laws. I want them preventing homicides, not hunting down a working dad who contributes to [Minneapolis] &amp; is from Ecuador. It’s similar to the policy your guy Rudy [Giuliani] had in NYC. Everyone should feel safe calling 911.&#8221;
Democrat-run Minneapolis has long been considered a &#8220;sanctuary city&#8221; as it has enacted laws limiting how local authorities can work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. Minneapolis revised its &#8220;<a href="https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/FileV2/52757/Revised%20Separation%20Ordinance.pdf">separation ordinance</a>&#8221; in December to state that the city would &#8220;vigorously oppose any effort to require the use of city resources for the enforcement of civil federal immigration laws.&#8221; The revised ordinance also states that city property and facilities cannot be used to enforce federal immigration laws.
Frey met with Homan in Minneapolis on Tuesday as more chaos has erupted in the city after Border Patrol shot and killed anti-ICE demonstrator Alex Pretti during a confrontation. Frey said he &#8220;shared with Mr. Homan the serious negative impacts&#8221; of the Trump administration&#8217;s immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis, &#8220;as well as the strain it has placed on our local police officers.&#8221;
&#8220;I also made it clear that Minneapolis does not and will not enforce federal immigration laws, and that we will remain focused on keeping our neighbors and streets safe,&#8221; Frey added. &#8220;City leaders will continue to stay in conversation with Mr. Homan and his team.&#8221;
Trump sent Homan to Minneapolis in a shift in strategy on the enforcement operation there as the administration faces criticism for its response to the shooting death of Pretti. The move effectively sidelined Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem&#8217;s role there, and Border Patrol commander-at-large Gregory Bovino, who had been leading the Minneapolis deployment, was reassigned.
&#8220;I don’t think it&#8217;s a pullback, it&#8217;s a little bit of a change,&#8221; Trump told Fox News host Will Cain. &#8220;Everybody in this room that has a business, you make little changes.&#8221;
&#8220;You know, Bovino is very good, but he&#8217;s pretty out-there kind of a guy. In some cases, that&#8217;s good. Maybe it wasn&#8217;t good here,&#8221; he added.
Both Frey and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said that they made progress in their talks with the Trump administration after Homan arrived in Minneapolis, but the Democratic leaders continue to call for federal immigration agents to leave the city and the surrounding area.
&#8220;Tom Homan&#8217;s a professional, which is a lot more than Bovino and Kristi Noem,&#8221; Walz <a href="https://x.com/Breaking911/status/2016518629433471339">told</a> CNN on Tuesday night. &#8220;But look, I think the thing we said is we&#8217;re very clear about this: we need these folks out of Minnesota and we need justice for Renee Good and for Alex [Pretti].&#8221;

Jacob Frey/Donald Trump

‘Playing With Fire!’: Trump Warns Minneapolis Mayor After He Doubles Down On Sanctuary Policy

Donald Trump

Immigration

Minnesota

Sanctuary Cities

The Democrats’ attempt at chaos in Minneapolis has now borne fruit with the help of legacy media coverage. 
It&#8217;s also the result of two tragic incidents, and it is indeed the result of the mishandling of those tragic incidents by people inside the Trump administration. That combination means that the attempt at chaos by Democrats in Minneapolis has actually worked, to some extent. 
It has now driven the Trump administration into action. The Trump administration yesterday announced that Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol chief, has been removed from Minnesota and will apparently return to El Centro. Kristi Noem, the head of the Department of Homeland Security, is also on thin ice at this point, given her mishandling of the two tragic cases in which American citizens were shot by federal agents under disputed circumstances. 
The mishandling of those situations by both Gregory Bovino and Kristi Noem has put the administration in a particularly poor position. 
But let&#8217;s not forget that this begins with Democrats attempting to obstruct federal law.
Democrats have been obstructing federal law and attempting to dissuade the administration from enforcing the law, while the administration has been forced to actually change its tactics with regard to deportations.
The Trump mass deportation policy, which has been part of Trump&#8217;s stump speech since 2015, has suggested that all illegal immigrants have to go. The reality is that Americans are much more focused when it comes to actual deportation from the United States of America. They may be fine with the idea of mass deportation, but the place they really want to focus — and the politically easy call — is to deport the people who are committing rape and arson and sex and assault and murder.
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Early on, the administration did an amazing job of specifically targeting those people. The problem is that blue states have refused to work with ICE and tolerated obstruction of federal law enforcement, and that has meant that ICE has become more targeted in its pursuit of criminal illegal aliens.
If local authorities work with ICE and you pick somebody up for rape or murder or some other crime, you check their immigration status. If they are here illegally, you call up ICE, and that person ends up being deported. 
But if local authorities don&#8217;t work with ICE, that person may end up in jail or in the system, acquitted or released for lack of evidence, and can end up running around the countryside.
That&#8217;s what&#8217;s been happening in blue states since October.
What this means is that ICE, when it goes to actually try and do deportations, ends up picking up people who may or may not have committed a crime. 
This is a point that&#8217;s been made by the White House border czar Tom Homan, who said if they let ICE in their jail, ICE could arrest the bad guy in the safety and security of the jail. That also means when ICE does pursue a criminal illegal immigrant, they now have to go and knock down a door.
That makes ICE confrontations more likely. It makes protests more plentiful. It means uglier pictures on your television. 
This is being facilitated and driven by Democrats’ sanctuary city policies. But what that also means is that those ugly pictures on your television change how people think of the issue in general. 
People like it when the law is enforced; they like law and order. They just don&#8217;t like to see law and order in progress. They don&#8217;t want to see it happen. 
This is not just true for illegal immigration. This is true for normal police operations. Policing is a very messy and difficult job. This is why you will see many circumstances in which somebody takes a video of a police officer having to do his job, and the entire online crowd will jump on the police officer for having to do the kinds of things police officers have to do, because pretty much every person who&#8217;s dealing with a cop is experiencing the worst day of their life.. And all day long, the cop has to deal with people on their worst day.  Thus, he is likely to encounter people in their most violent state. 
That means that the pictures on your television when this stuff gets broadcast are ugly. And just like everything else ugly in life, people don&#8217;t like to see the ugliness. They just like to see the result.
 When those ugly pictures involve American citizens being killed under disputed circumstances, that allows legacy media actors to treat all of law enforcement as an exercise in brutal tyranny and to start propagandizing,
Which brings us to Jimmy Kimmel.
Here’s what <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/jimmy-kimmel-breaks-down-in-tears-over-ice-killing-in-impassioned-late-night-opener/">Kimmel said</a> last night:
<blockquote> I spent the weekend, like probably a lot of you did, looking at my phone and just feeling shocked and sick about what is happening in Minneapolis. One video after another, screaming people being torn from their families, Americans, people who were born in the United States, being pulled out of their cars for the crime of having an accent or whatever.
 Children, small children, babies being tear-gassed, taken into custody, separated from their parents, just one atrocity after another, being committed by this gang of poorly-trained, shamefully-led, mask-wearing goons. And that is what they are: they’re goons committing vile, heartless and even criminal acts. And it&#8217;s sickening to watch and it&#8217;s frustrating to watch. It&#8217;s like we&#8217;re all being forced to play a game that has no rules. They just make up the rules as they go along. </blockquote>
When you hear Kimmel label our law enforcement as jackbooted and masked thugs who are out there pursuing atrocities against Americans, that is the story that the Left would like to tell, and they facilitated that story by obstructing federal law enforcement. 
 This is the game.
Kimmel continued by lying about the circumstances under which Renee Good was shot: “They won&#8217;t even admit that it was a mistake. They say the Honda SUV Renee Good was driving was weaponized. They say the gun Alex Preti had a license to carry in an open carry state; many of these same people scream very loudly about when it was Kyle Rittenhouse carrying the gun. A gun that Alex Preti did not even draw, did not touch, a gun that was taken from him by one of the agents before he was shot dead by the other ones. They fired ten times on an ICU nurse. They&#8217;re telling us, ‘It was justified, you know.’ Is that the law and order that you voted for?”
Notice what he&#8217;s doing there. He takes some facts and then wraps a giant fiction around them. 
It is true that DHS claimed Renee Good had committed an act of domestic terrorism, and they did the same with Alex Preti.
This is why I said that failures inside the Trump administration have made Democrats’ job easier for them in order to shut down law and order. 
But notice how Kimmel wraps that into a generalized critique of all law and order in the United States, and suggests that the only possible solution is to simply allow our immigration law to go unenforced.
 Kimmel continued: 
<blockquote>“My wife and I, a family in Minneapolis, are afraid to take their kids to school. They&#8217;re afraid to go to work. And I can only imagine how people who aren&#8217;t white feel about this. How does this end? What&#8217;s the plan here? Is the plan to just keep doing this in every city that didn&#8217;t vote for Donald Trump? Does anyone on any side believe this is good leadership?”</blockquote>
What he&#8217;s doing here is also a lie. This is only happening in blue cities. Blue cities are the places that are not working with ICE. Red cities are working with ICE, so it&#8217;s not a problem. Blue cities are not working with ICE, so it is a problem.
This is all incredibly frustrating to watch if you are attempting to be objective-minded about the very difficult realities of enforcing the law, and you recognize that there has been a mechanism set up by blue states in order to obstruct the enforcement of that federal law, and that the people attempting to enforce that law are then blamed when things go wrong.
It&#8217;s deeply, deeply frustrating. 
The problem is that frustration does not change the fact with regard to public opinion. CNN&#8217;s Harry Enten pointed out that the net approval numbers for ICE have plummeted.
This is why yesterday, the Trump administration attempted to change course by honestly assessing what has been going on, recognizing that people are attempting to obstruct the law, and also attempting to change some of the staffing decisions that they have made
Trump is sending the person who should have been in charge all along, border czar Tom Homan, who, since the beginning of this, has been the &#8220;law and order, let the full investigations take place, we&#8217;re enforcing the law&#8221; guy. 
Tom Homan has always been the adult in the room on this policy. 
The Trump administration is reorienting toward the better parts of the administration in terms of handling this and trying to de-escalate the situation.
Whether that de-escalation is possible is going to be, at least in large part, up to the state of Minnesota and the city of Minneapolis. 
Democrats are clearly sensing blood in the water here. They clearly sense momentum, which is why this entire chaos operation run by the Democrats is a disaster area.
If they can politically win by obstructing federal law, that is a massive problem.
But — it&#8217;s quite possible here that the Democrats win the battle but lose the war, meaning that if they win the battle against ICE, if they get Americans to briefly see ICE as the problem and illegal immigration as a secondary issue, if they get all of that to happen in the short term, that may not be the result they want in the long term.
We saw the same exact thing happen in 2020, when the police were treated like an invading army by the Democrats, and for a moment, the police were wildly unpopular. And then it turned out that crime rates radically skyrocketed, and people got mad and turned on the Democrats for that, which is why the Democrats have been underwater on the immigration issue and also on policing for years on end.
Democrats could win the battle against the Trump administration in Minneapolis for the moment, but ultimately lose the war.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz

Democrats Exploit Minneapolis Chaos, But It Could Ultimately Hurt Them

Democrats

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Jimmy Kimmel

All hell has now broken loose in Minneapolis after another shooting on Saturday involving federal officers and a person who allegedly attempted to interfere with them in the pursuit of their legal duty.
That person&#8217;s name was Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis man.
The Left continues to ramp up this chaos. They are doing this on purpose. There is no question that this is a purposeful attempt to undermine federal law enforcement in their pursuit of duty. And if that ends with ugly images on television, then that is exactly what they want.
They are desperate for ugly images on television because they believe the images will undermine the Trump administration&#8217;s immigration program and the Trump administration itself.
Let us be very clear. More people are being deported from red states than from blue states right now. But you&#8217;re not seeing these ugly images happening in red states.
Why?
Because red states are helping to facilitate the deportation of people who should not be here. Red states are helping to ensure that criminal illegal immigrants are not in the system. And when they arrest somebody for a crime and that person is an illegal immigrant, they then tell federal law enforcement, federal authorities, ICE, and Border Patrol, so the person can be deported.
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Blue states, sanctuary cities, and sanctuary states are not doing that. That is what necessitates more boots on the ground from the federal government in these areas. And then local and state politicians have suggested that this amounts to a Gestapo-like occupation.
They&#8217;ve been driving their own supporters out into the streets. Some of those supporters are then obstructing federal law enforcement, committing federal crimes.
When that happens, the likelihood of terrible incidents goes way up. That is the simple logic, and that appears to be something that left-wing politicians want and are desperate for. It appears to be something that they think they can run on if they put ugly images on your television of immigration agents in confrontations with Americans.
And if some of those incidents end with death, then that means they will be able to undermine their political opposition.
That is despicable. It truly is. We should all — Democrats, Republicans, and independents — be in favor of criminal illegal immigrants going home, not being in the United States.
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This is not a controversial issue. The necessity for a larger federal presence or harder implementation measures is only being made necessary because there are Democratic politicians and members of the legacy media who have decided to ramp up the rhetoric to facilitate the chaos.
This is indeed planned. That is a reality. So that ends with bad situations.
We&#8217;ve been saying this for months. You have the governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, coming out and saying that ICE agents are like the Gestapo or like the KKK. You have Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey saying the same, If you have all Democratic politicians suggesting that protesting ICE agents is not only a decent thing to do, but a positive and good thing to do, and then treating obstruction of federal law enforcement officers as a form of legitimate protest —which is the gray line they always seem to blur — you will end up with more confrontations, more violence, and more possible deaths under disputed circumstances.
There should always be a full investigation, not because I believe the officers are guilty of murder or manslaughter, but because I believe that it will exonerate the officers. And if it doesn’t, you need the full investigation to ensure that there&#8217;s continued trust in law enforcement.
Those investigations should go forward. They should be perfectly objective. They should not be railroading someone, as we have seen in the past with Derek Chauvin and George Floyd. The cases should not be adjudicated in the media.
That&#8217;s why the best response from everyone in the federal government to Walz to Frey should be a full, thorough investigation.
But of course, the biggest issue is why these incidents keep happening in the first place.
It is not just a matter of individual incidents that are randomly cropping up. This is not random. It is happening in a specific city at a specific time, in a specific place for a reason. 
It is being driven deliberately. I can&#8217;t emphasize this enough:  It is being deliberately driven by members of the Democratic higher echelons. It is being specifically driven by the legacy media.
I repeat: You are not seeing this in red areas, and more deportations are being carried out in those areas than in the blue areas. That’s a statistical fact. More deportations are taking place in Texas and Florida than are taking place in Minneapolis. 
But all the tape you&#8217;re seeing is from Minneapolis.
 Why is this not happening again in New Orleans? Why is this not happening in Dallas, Texas? Why isn&#8217;t this happening in red areas?
The answer is obvious. Tim Walz — who&#8217;s been absolutely abhorrent throughout this entire debacle, a terrible governor, a disgrace to the country, a man who was nominated for vice president of the United States by the Democratic Party — declared, “Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.”
The basic idea here is that Walz won&#8217;t help by actively facilitating the deportation of criminal illegal immigrants. He’s going to facilitate the obstruction of law enforcement, and then, when things get violent, he’s going to tell federal law enforcement to pull out.
“They think they can provoke us into abandoning our values,”  he wrote on Facebook. “They are wrong. We will keep the peace. We will secure justice for our neighbors. And we will see this occupation end.”
I don&#8217;t think Tim Walz is interested in keeping things peaceful in Minnesota. I see very little evidence that he is. Walz is building an entire permission structure for violence against officers.
Over the weekend, he said, “Quit referring to these people as law enforcement. They are not law enforcement.”
What do you think he is saying to protesters? What do you think he&#8217;s saying when he says they&#8217;re not law enforcement?
He&#8217;s saying if they&#8217;re not, then what are they then? They must be lawbreakers because they&#8217;re wandering around committing crimes against other American citizens.
Thus, he creates a permission structure for all of this.
He compared illegal immigrant children in Minnesota to Anne Frank.
No.
Anne Frank was not attempting to immigrate to the country from which she was deported. Anne Frank was a citizen of the country in which she lived. She was sent to Auschwitz and then transferred to Bergen-Belsen, where she died of typhus. That is not the same thing.
American law enforcement agents, ICE officers, and Border Patrol agents are not Nazis. They are not the Gestapo.
This is a purposefully driven chaos operation pushed by Democrats for political purposes.

TOPSHOT-US-IMMIGRATION-ICE-SHOOTING

The Democratic Chaos Operation

Ben Shapiro

Border Patrol

Opinion

Shooting

Trump Administration

Governor Tim Walz, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have all released public statements after an armed suspect was fatally shot by federal immigration authorities in Minneapolis on Saturday morning. While none of the officials mentioned that the suspect was armed in their initial statements, all three placed blame on the Trump administration.
Walz <a href="https://x.com/GovTimWalz/status/2015093164999119352">said</a>, “The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota.”
Rep. Omar said, “This appears to be an execution by immigration enforcement.”
The congresswoman added that she is “absolutely heartbroken, horrified, and appalled” that federal agents “murdered another member of our community.” She claimed the shooting was not “isolated or accidental,” but the result of the Trump administration “trying to beat us into submission.”
Omar said President Trump has turned Minnesota from a place of refuge into a “warzone where unchecked federal forces murder our neighbors.”
Mayor Jacob Frey <a href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=e8f5b2d100cbb45b&amp;rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS1183US1185&amp;sxsrf=ANbL-n4pOcatORFmgkvfJG3qadk6m2PeZQ:1769279232335&amp;udm=7&amp;fbs=ADc_l-aN0CWEZBOHjofHoaMMDiKp0UJuhqwKhR0QUhF54-6jIYFfWbU_Clyew-1Wh7zkL7GXEIyGmuNECR0N8Mieh0vrbko1hIXGpe6KXjyGEMS8qvHaRh07NvGqLEM3M87dnCJpMBzPaV5Lhp5Fj09RARKxk74OrMhODu_WtVQMOJKHENd2SPLAKC7sNmjJeo9Ay2jG82MyzB9jsSwsFJRv2_sldbWqNA&amp;q=jacob+frey+press+conference&amp;sa=X&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiDiJvh5qSSAxUsKVkFHasVIDYQtKgLegQIFBAB&amp;biw=736&amp;bih=787&amp;dpr=2&amp;aic=0#fpstate=ive&amp;vld=cid:60cdfb03,vid:R1WnkJt-2Yc,st:0">said</a>, “How many times must local and national leaders plead with you Donald Trump to end this operation and recognize that this is not creating safety in our city.”
The Department of Homeland Security <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/armed-suspect-fatally-shot-by-federal-immigration-authorities-in-minneapolis?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Cameron+Arcand&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Armed+Suspect+Fatally+Shot+By+Federal+Immigration+Authorities+In+Minneapolis">told</a> The Daily Wire that the incident occurred as immigration officers carried out a “targeted operation” for an illegal immigrant “wanted for violent assault.” The individual who was shot approached Border Patrol agents with a “semi-automatic handgun.” The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The statement put out by the Department of Homeland Security stands in sharp contrast to those put out by local and national leaders.
“At 9:05 AM CT, as DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault, an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun,” DHS said. “The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted.”
Other prominent leaders in Washington, D.C., are voicing their opinions as well. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said, “Americans are being killed in the street by their government. Our Constitution is being shredded and our rights are dissolving. Resist.” She added, “We have a responsibility to protect Americans from tyranny.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/SenSchumer">declared</a> that ICE needs to be &#8220;out of Minnesota now.&#8221;
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani stated, “As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today,” adding, “ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.”
The Department of Homeland Security has said additional details about the armed struggle are forthcoming.

Jacob Frey/Tim Walz

Dem Leaders Address Latest Minneapolis Shooting Without Mentioning Suspect Was Armed

Department of Homeland Security

Illegal Immigration

Politics

President Donald Trump on Saturday afternoon reacted to the Border Patrol-involved fatal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/armed-suspect-fatally-shot-by-federal-immigration-authorities-in-minneapolis?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Cameron+Arcand&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Armed+Suspect+Fatally+Shot+By+Federal+Immigration+Authorities+In+Minneapolis">shooting</a> in Minneapolis, accusing Democrat leaders in the state of inciting insurrection and questioning if they called off local law enforcement so federal immigration officers would be left unprotected.
The shooting, which occurred hours ago, reportedly involved an armed 37-year-old white male.
&#8220;This is the gunman’s gun, loaded (with two additional full magazines!), and ready to go,&#8221; Trump posted to Truth Social, captioning an image of the gun. &#8220;What is that all about? Where are the local Police? Why weren’t they allowed to protect ICE Officers? The Mayor and the Governor called them off?&#8221;
&#8220;It is stated that many of these Police were not allowed to do their job, that ICE had to protect themselves — Not an easy thing to do!&#8221; the president continued.
Trump then brought up the stunning fraud scandal in Minnesota, where it&#8217;s suspected that billions of tax dollars were stolen. The scandal has been tied to the state&#8217;s large Somali population.
&#8220;Why does Ilhan Omar have $34 Million Dollars in her account?&#8221; the president wrote. &#8220;And where are the Tens of Billions of Dollars that have been stolen from the once Great State of Minnesota? We are there because of massive Monetary Fraud, with Billions of Dollars missing, and Illegal Criminals that were allowed to infiltrate the State through the Democrats’ Open Border Policy.&#8221;
&#8220;We want the money back, and we want it back, NOW,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Those Fraudsters who stole the money are going to jail, where they belong! This is no different than a really big Bank Robbery. Much of what you’re witnessing is a COVER UP for this Theft and Fraud.&#8221;
Trump also accused far-Left Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) of &#8220;inciting Insurrection, with their pompous, dangerous, and arrogant rhetoric!&#8221;
&#8220;Instead, these sanctimonious political fools should be looking for the Billions of Dollars that has been stolen from the people of Minnesota, and the United States of America,&#8221; Trump said.
&#8220;LET OUR ICE PATRIOTS DO THEIR JOB!&#8221; he added. &#8220;12,000 Illegal Alien Criminals, many of them violent, have been arrested and taken out of Minnesota. If they were still there, you would see something far worse than you are witnessing today!&#8221;
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As reported by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/armed-suspect-fatally-shot-by-federal-immigration-authorities-in-minneapolis?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Cameron+Arcand&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Armed+Suspect+Fatally+Shot+By+Federal+Immigration+Authorities+In+Minneapolis">The Daily Wire</a>, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the incident occurred Saturday morning during a “targeted operation” for an illegal immigrant “wanted for violent assault,” when another individual came up to Border Patrol agents with a “semi-automatic handgun.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/armed-suspect-fatally-shot-by-federal-immigration-authorities-in-minneapolis?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Cameron+Arcand&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Armed+Suspect+Fatally+Shot+By+Federal+Immigration+Authorities+In+Minneapolis">Armed Suspect Fatally Shot By Federal Immigration Authorities In Minneapolis</a>

Donald Trump/Tim Walz

Trump Targets Frey, Walz In Blistering Response To Fatal Border Patrol-Involved Shooting

Trump Targets Mayor, Gov In Blistering Response To Fatal Border Patrol-Involved Shooting

Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey dismissed Justice Department <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-subpoenas-walz-top-minnesota-dems-in-major-ice-interference-investigation">subpoenas</a> issued to him and other Minnesota Democrats, calling the federal government&#8217;s probe &#8220;political retribution.&#8221;
Frey, along with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison, was served subpoenas by the FBI earlier this week as they are accused of conspiring to interfere with federal law enforcement operations. Asked about his subpoena by <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/minneapolis-mayor-jacob-frey-subpoenas-minnesota/">NewsNation</a> host Chris Cuomo on Wednesday night, Frey said the Trump administration&#8217;s action &#8220;should be of deep concern for everybody.&#8221;
“Obviously, it’s frivolous,” Frey said. “I’m going to let some of the lawyers handle the way this is handled as it works its way through the process. And again, this should be of deep concern for everybody.”
“This is political retribution that we are seeing here,” he added. “This is some form of retaliation, because I don’t know, the state didn’t support the president in like three consecutive elections. And we have an important role right now.”
Minnesota Democrats have argued that President Donald Trump is targeting their state as part of a &#8220;retribution&#8221; campaign. The state leaders point to Trump&#8217;s post on Truth Social on January 13, when the president <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115888070937502023">wrote</a>, &#8220;FEAR NOT, GREAT PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA, THE DAY OF RECKONING &amp; RETRIBUTION IS COMING!&#8221;
Last week, the Justice Department opened an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-opens-investigation-into-tim-walz-jacob-frey-over-suspected-conspiracy-to-impede-federal-agents?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=10&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=DOJ+Opens+Investigation+Into+Tim+Walz%2C+Jacob+Frey+Over+Suspected+Conspiracy+To+Impede+Federal+Agents">investigation</a> into Frey and Walz, looking into whether the Democratic leaders violated a federal statute by interfering with federal immigration enforcement.
After the shooting death of Minneapolis resident Renee Good on January 7, Frey told ICE to “get the f*ck out of Minneapolis.” Good was shot and killed after she was confronted by federal law enforcement agents when she parked her vehicle in front of them. She then drove her vehicle toward an ICE officer after another officer attempted to open her car door.
After the fatal shooting, the mayor said that ICE agents were “causing chaos” in Minneapolis and suggested that residents were asking for the city police to “fight” ICE agents “on the streets” before he urged residents to remain peaceful.
Last week in Minneapolis, tensions escalated following a confrontation between federal immigration agents and agitators after an ICE agent fired defensive shots during an operation, leaving a Venezuelan illegal immigrant with non-life-threatening injuries, federal officials said. Agitators showed up on the scene and threw fireworks at law enforcement officers and vandalized federal law enforcement vehicles, and in at least one case, broke into a federal vehicle.
On Wednesday night, Frey doubled down on the city&#8217;s refusal to cooperate with ICE.
“We will not [cooperate],” Frey told Cuomo. &#8220;And there’s a good reason, by the way, that we won’t. And it’s not just the moral imperative here. It’s also the fact that I want our police officers focusing on safety. I want our police officers arresting perpetrators of violent crime and preventing carjackings from taking place and doing that basic work of 911 response.”
The Trump administration has said that the surge in immigration agents in Minneapolis is due to city and state leaders refusing to work with ICE and hand over detained illegal immigrants. The White House <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/01/minnesotas-sanctuary-defiance-has-consequences/#:~:text=Trump%20delivers%20on%20the%20promise,business%2C%20not%20immigration%20business.%E2%80%9D">said</a> last week that Trump has a mandate from the American people to carry out deportations, but argued that Minnesota Democrats &#8220;have chosen defiance over partnership.&#8221;
&#8220;This toxic combination of &#8216;sanctuary&#8217; policies and anti-ICE rhetoric has created a climate of hostility that endangers federal officers and incites violence,&#8221; the White House added. &#8220;Make no mistake: the responsibility for the enhanced enforcement operations in Minnesota — and the tension and violence — lies squarely with these officials who refuse to partner with the Trump Administration and instead put their Radical Left agenda over public safety and the rule of law.&#8221;

Jacob Frey

‘It’s Frivolous’: Minneapolis Dem Mayor Says DOJ Subpoena Is ‘Political Retribution’

Department of Justice

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey claims that what’s happening in his city, as anti-ICE protesters and rioters flood the streets following the Renee Good shooting incident, is all about “love.”
“It&#8217;s important to tell the whole country that this is not just about resistance here in Minneapolis, it&#8217;s about love. We are showing something far more powerful and consequential here, which is love,” Frey said on Sunday during an appearance on ABC’s “This Week.”
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“This is not just about resistance here in Minneapolis. It’s about love.”
Minneapolis Mayor Frey responds to protests following the deadly ICE shooting of Renee Good. <a href="https://t.co/IKC9tIZvsR">https://t.co/IKC9tIZvsR</a> <a href="https://t.co/zrGrnTEt6d">pic.twitter.com/zrGrnTEt6d</a>
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“We are standing up for one another. You&#8217;ve got neighbors helping neighbors. You&#8217;ve got people uniting and coming together in this beautiful way,” he added. “And obviously we&#8217;ve got these threats out there from the federal government that were literally designed to intimidate Minneapolis residents, to intimidate me. But here&#8217;s the thing, we&#8217;re not going to be intimidated. We&#8217;ve got this beautiful city full of extraordinary people. I have never been prouder to be from Minneapolis.”
Video from the Minneapolis riots shows just how much “love” is being spread.
Footage that appeared online on Saturday shows a man being harassed and assaulted for wearing an American flag hoodie.
One of the protesters then tells the man that if he removes his hoodie, he “won’t get hurt.”
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Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis made a man take off his American flag hoodie that said “Freedom”:
“Take it off and you won’t get hurt!” <a href="https://t.co/YmueZRICnO">pic.twitter.com/YmueZRICnO</a>
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) <a href="https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/2012644193408012652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Anti-Islam influencer Jake Lang, who was in Minneapolis on Saturday to “burn a Koran on the steps of Minneapolis city hall,” was violently attacked and beaten by a mob of anti-ICE rioters.
In multiple videos, blood can be seen on his head and neck as he’s chased and harassed.
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🚨 JUST IN: Jake Lang FLEES anti-Islam protest by car in Minneapolis after violent leftists caused his head to bleed and chased him down the street
They attacked the car and tried to get inside
NOT ONE Minneapolis police officer was here.
That was on purpose. <a href="https://t.co/ypn8o03sXS">pic.twitter.com/ypn8o03sXS</a>
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2012607242122490032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2026</a></blockquote>
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A group of tech engineers were having lunch in Minneapolis when anti-ICE activists confronted them under the misapprehension that they were Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
The activists were blowing whistles and yelling &#8220;get out of our f*cking neighborhood&#8221; and &#8220;if you&#8217;re not with us, you&#8217;re against us.&#8221;
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A group of white male engineers eating at Clancy&#8217;s Deli in Minneapolis were surrounded and accosted by far-left extremists who mobilized to the scene because someone thought the men were ICE agents. This follows a driver being accosted for having an SUV. <a href="https://t.co/rgMEUHe1ZZ">pic.twitter.com/rgMEUHe1ZZ</a>
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/2012675305048064330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Riots

Jacob Frey Claims Minneapolis Riots About ‘Love,’ But Videos Tell A More Violent Story

Protests

U.S.

Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are under federal investigation amid their opposition to the Trump administration&#8217;s massive immigration enforcement operation in the state, a source close to the situation <a href="https://x.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/2012303116897542265?s=20">confirmed</a> to The Daily Wire.
CBS News first <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-investigating-tim-walz-jacob-frey-minnesota/">reported</a> the details of the investigation, which focuses on allegations that Walz and Frey have interfered with federal immigration operations. A U.S. official told the outlet that the Justice Department is looking into statements that Walz and Frey have made regarding the recent surge in federal law enforcement to Minnesota.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche hinted at the federal government taking action against Walz and Frey, <a href="https://x.com/DAGToddBlanche/status/2011620198751597028?s=20">saying</a> on Wednesday, &#8220;Minnesota insurrection is a direct result of a FAILED governor and a TERRIBLE mayor encouraging violence against law enforcement. It’s disgusting. Walz and Frey — I’m focused on stopping YOU from your terrorism by whatever means necessary. This is not a threat. It’s a promise.&#8221;
The DOJ investigation focuses on federal statute, 18 U.S.C. § 372, which addresses two or more people who conspire through &#8220;force, intimidation or threats&#8221; to prevent federal law enforcement officers from carrying out their duties, CBS News reported.
Both the governor and the mayor have made inflammatory statements about Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents following the deadly shooting of Renee Good last week. In an address on Wednesday night, Walz urged Minnesotans to follow ICE agents and record their actions to help the state “create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans” that could be used for “future prosecutions.”
In the hours after Good was shot and killed, Frey told ICE to &#8220;get the f*ck out of Minneapolis.&#8221; Later, Frey said that ICE agents were &#8220;causing chaos&#8221; in Minneapolis and suggested that residents were asking for the city police to &#8220;fight&#8221; ICE agents &#8220;on the streets&#8221; before he urged residents to remain peaceful.
As the Minnesota Democratic leaders have denounced ICE&#8217;s actions, demonstrations in Minneapolis continue, some of which have turned violent. On Wednesday night, a federal agent was ambushed and attacked by three illegal immigrants while attempting to make an arrest, according to the Department of Homeland Security. After the second ICE-involved shooting, demonstrators descended on the scene of the incident and confronted federal officers. Some of the agitators threw fireworks at law enforcement, and the crowd was cleared out of the area with tear gas.
President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-threatens-to-use-insurrection-act-in-minnesota-if-professional-agitators-are-not-stopped?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Threatens+To+Use+Insurrection+Act+In+Minnesota+If+%E2%80%98Professional+Agitators%E2%80%99+Are+Not+Stopped">threatened</a> to invoke the Insurrection Act on Thursday, blasting &#8220;corrupt politicians in Minnesota,&#8221; who &#8220;don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E.&#8221; On Friday, however, Trump told reporters outside of the White House that he doesn&#8217;t think there&#8217;s &#8220;any reason right now right now&#8221; to use the Insurrection Act.

DOJ Opens Investigation Into Tim Walz, Jacob Frey Over Suspected Conspiracy To Impede Federal Agents

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a slew of illegal immigrants in Minneapolis Tuesday, including several convicted of sexual assault and drug trafficking.
The arrests were part of Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration’s effort to arrest illegal aliens in the Twin Cities, which began in December. Among those arrested Tuesday were Teng Houa Vang, a Vietnamese national with a domestic assault conviction — as well as guilty pleas for terror threats and breaking a “protection order,” The Daily Wire has learned. He is also facing charges for “arson, peeping tom, obstructing police, trespassing, assault, drug possession, and property damage.”
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“Another day another scourge of sexual predators, violent assailants, domestic abusers and drug traffickers arrested from the streets of Minnesota by our law enforcement,” Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement on Wednesday.
“We are in Minnesota to arrest the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens. Governor Walz and Mayor Frey refuse to let us into their jails and instead choose to release criminal illegal aliens back into Minnesota neighborhoods to victimize more Americans. Despite violence against them and a lack of cooperation from sanctuary politicians, our law enforcement will not stop their efforts to get criminals out of [the] country,” she continued.
Salvadoran national Francisco Salazar-Solorzano was arrested on DUI, domestic violence, and assault charges. Mexican national Victor Javier Bahena-Sandoval has previous arrests for domestic violence, in addition to past convictions for “disorderly conduct” and for coming back into the country illegally. Mexican national Santiago Antunes Mendiola faces charges for battery.
Spanish national Lorenzo Armillas Llaurado has a prior conviction for “felony distribution of a controlled substance.” Nigerian national Michael Opeoluwa Egbele has a prior conviction for impersonation fraud.
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Operation Metro Surge has triggered protests and backlash from Democratic leaders, especially following the confrontation in which Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE officer. She reportedly hit him with her vehicle in Minneapolis, as DHS says the agent involved suffered internal bleeding afterward.
“Get the f**k out of Minneapolis,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said at a press conference last week following the Good incident.
“We do not want you here. Your stated reason for being in this city is to create some kind of safety, and you are doing exactly the opposite,” he continued, saying, “people are being hurt.”
The Daily Wire reached out to both Walz and the City of Minneapolis for comment, but they were not immediately available for a response. As of December 19, there have been 622,000 deportations since President Donald Trump took office, along with an estimated 1.9 million people who opted to self-deport, as the federal government is offering incentives to do so.

ICE, Minneapolis

ICE Picks Up Illegals With Sexual Assault, Drug Trafficking Charges Amid Minneapolis Protests

Crime

The United States Department of Agriculture is cutting off all federal funding to the state of Minnesota and the city of Minneapolis.
In a letter to Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey on Friday, Rollins cited the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud case that led to 78 people being charged as one of the main reasons for stopping the funding. Specifically, the letter noted how the scheme for the fake children’s meal charity that took advantage of COVID-era funds abused the Child and Adult Care Food Program and the Summer Food Service Program, according to the letter.
“Enough is enough! The Trump administration has uncovered MASSIVE fraud in Minnesota and Minneapolis—billions siphoned off by fraudsters. And those in charge have ZERO plan to fix it,” USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins wrote. “Today, [USDA] is SUSPENDING FEDERAL FINANCIAL AWARDS to Minnesota and Minneapolis, effective immediately, until sufficient proof has been provided that the fraud has stopped.”
“No more handouts to thieves! Time to drain the Minnesota swamp and put American taxpayers first,” she added.
There has been a widespread effort by the Trump administration to crack down on fraud concerns in Minnesota, especially when it comes to Medicaid.
“The more we uncover, the more it becomes clear: it’s much worse than we were led to believe by state government officials,” Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services, said in a video posted to X earlier this week.
“We will begin auditing Medicaid receipts and defer paying on claims based on fraud, waste, and abuse,” he continued.
The numerous fraud scandals, which have already resulted in 95 people being charged in cases ranging from Feeding Our Future to an autism fraud treatment scheme, prompted Gov. Tim Walz not to seek a third term as governor.
“I won’t mince words here. Donald Trump and his allies – in Washington, in St. Paul, and online – want to make our state a colder, meaner place. They want to poison our people against each other by attacking our neighbors,” Walz stated in his announcement. “And, ultimately, they want to take away much of what makes Minnesota the best place in America to raise a family. They’ve already begun by taking our tax dollars that were meant to help families afford child care. And they have no intention of stopping there.”
Besides the fraud scandals, Minnesota continues to be in the national spotlight following an ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis this week, with <a href="https://x.com/MattFinnFNC/status/2009742888897286391?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> reporting that an extra one thousand Border Patrol agents will be headed into the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan area to supplement the 2,000 federal officers already there, with extra hands meant to allow Homeland Security Investigations officers to keep exploring fraud concerns.
On Friday night, the City of Minneapolis responded to The Daily Wire&#8217;s inquiry on the USDA&#8217;s letter, saying that the city is &#8220;communicating with State partners to understand the impacts of such a blanket cut to funding meant for residents most in need.&#8221;
&#8220;What’s abundantly clear is that Minneapolis is the latest target of the Trump administration &#8212; willing to harm Americans in service to its perceived political gain,&#8221; the statement added.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said he plans to sue to the federal government, writing in an X post that &#8220;I will not allow you to take from Minnesotans in need. I&#8217;ll see you in court, [Secretary Rollins].&#8221;

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