Sanctuary policies of cities and states are part of this horrific problem - so why end them? Egad! Total insanity rules in Minneapolis, Minnesota!

 

Frey to Homan: Minneapolis ‘will not enforce federal immigration laws’

by Ashleigh Fields - 01/27/26 thehill.com

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) on Tuesday said he spoke with border czar Tom Homan and reinforced that the city would not change its sanctuary policies in exchange for the departure of federal immigration authorities.

“I shared with Mr. Homan the serious negative impacts this operation has had on Minneapolis and surrounding communities, as well as the strain it has placed on our local police officers,” Frey wrote in a post on the social media platform X.

“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,” he added.  

Frey said that city leaders will continue to stay in conversation with Homan and his team. Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) met with the border czar for a “productive” conversation earlier in the day after two U.S. citizens were killed by immigration authorities in Minneapolis. 

Trump administration officials, including Homan and Attorney General Pam Bondi, have urged local officials to comply with requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to help detain migrants without legal status in the area. 

During a Sunday press conference, Walz told reporters that the state continues to comply with obligations mandated by federal law, including turning over inmates who are determined to be residing in the country illegally. 

“They’re taking credit for people that we’ve had in jail for a long time,” Walz said, referencing ICE touting the number of detainments in the state. 

“We always hand them over,” he added.

The Minnesota governor, who chose to bypass a reelection bid amid a statewide fraud scandal, urged Bondi to focus on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files instead of local immigration operations.

“I would just give a pro tip to the Attorney General, there’s two million documents in the Epstein files we’re still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those,” he said during the press conference.