Tom Homan offers to pull ICE from Minneapolis ‘real quick’ upon access to jails

Published January 15, 2026 9:18pm ET



President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said he would consider pulling Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers out of Minneapolis if Minnesota Democrats allow the agency access to its jails.

Homan, the former acting director of ICE, said on Thursday evening that Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s demands that federal agents and officers leave their communities could be resolved “real quick” if the city agrees to let ICE into its jails so that it may take custody of illegal immigrants with criminal records in a safe setting.

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