US EditionMinneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Federal Agent Drawdown: 'I'll Believe It when I See it.'
Tom Homan announced the removal of 700 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents amid political resistance to migrant detention plans and enforcement tactics in Minnesota.
- On Wednesday, Tom Homan, Trump's border czar, announced 700 agents would leave Minnesota in a drawdown.
- President Donald Trump said he contacted the governor and Minneapolis's mayor and that `maybe we could use a little bit of a softer touch` after the January killings, amid backlash over DHS response.
- The NBC interview is scheduled to air at 6:30 PM ET, and Trump told NBC's Tom Llamas `But you still have to be tough`.
- Plans for migrant prison camps are drawing opposition in a deep-red Virginia county, among Republican officials in other states, and from a Mississippi GOP senator as DHS faces backlash.
- Observers noted the contrasting `tough` and `softer touch` comments as President Donald Trump insisted `But you still have to be tough` but also suggested `maybe we could use a little bit of a softer touch`, while critics called the responses spin revealing political weakness.
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Trump Reveals Hint of Panic on ICE as Prison Camps Anger MAGA Country
Donald Trump just claimed in an off-the-cuff interview moment that the events in Minnesota suggest that ICE needs to use a “softer touch.” He also went out of his way to say he’s called the Governor and Minneapolis’s mayor, meaning he wants to create the impression that he’s been working constructively with them. While all this is just spin, it reveals genuine fear that these events have put him in a politically weak position, and that he needs …
UPDATE: Despite rhetoric, feds continue aggressive crackdown in Minneapolis
After the brutal killing of Alex Pretti on January 25 — the second fatal shooting of an American citizen by federal agents in the Minneapolis area — the Trump administration sought to advance a narrative that it was changing course.President Trump dispatched border czar Tom Homan to be his point person for the operation. On January 26, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt described Homan as someone adept at “cooperating with state and lo…
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on federal agent drawdown: 'I'll believe it when I see it.'
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey first sat down with 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS on Wednesday after White House Border Czar Tom Homan announced plans to slash the number of federal agents in Minnesota.
Trump says he learned from Minneapolis
In an exclusive interview with Tom Llamas, President Trump says he learned from Minneapolis that “maybe we could use a little bit of a softer touch. But you still have to be tough.” His comments come as the Trump administration announced plans to withdraw 700 immigration agents from Minnesota. You can see the interview tonight on Nightly News and an extended version on Top Story.
Border czar Tom Homan calls anti-ICE roadblocks in Minneapolis a 'joke' after police chief disbands them
Border czar Tom Homan called Minneapolis anti-ICE roadblocks a "joke" during a Wednesday press conference, saying local police chief disbanded the illegal checkpoints after a phone call.
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