Border czar Tom Homan is set to meet with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey after a “very good” call with President Donald Trump on Monday.
The call was confirmed by Trump and Frey, who gave slightly differing but positive assessments of the conversation.
“I just had a very good telephone conversation with Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis. Lots of progress is being made! Tom Homan will be meeting with him tomorrow in order to continue the discussion,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Frey gave more details in his own post on X, though spun it more as a victory for him.
“I spoke with President Trump today and appreciated the conversation. I expressed how much Minneapolis has benefited from our immigrant communities and was clear that my main ask is that Operation Metro Surge needs to end. The president agreed the present situation can’t continue,” the mayor said.
Frey added that some federal agents will begin leaving the city on Tuesday and that he will push for the rest to leave soon, following up with his contrasting view on immigration with Trump’s.
“Minneapolis will continue to cooperate with state and federal law enforcement on real criminal investigations — but we will not participate in unconstitutional arrests of our neighbors or enforce federal immigration law,” Frey said. “Violent criminals should be held accountable based on the crimes they commit, not based on where they are from.”
The rhetoric displayed by Frey is a notable departure from his previous stance, where he has been one of the most hostile local officials toward the federal presence in the city, famously telling ICE to “get the f*** out of Minneapolis” after an ICE officer shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good.
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Trump also spoke Monday with Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), who is also slated to meet with Homan.
The meeting will give both sides a chance to de-escalate after rising tensions in recent weeks, culminating in the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents during a scuffle.
