Minneapolis mayor, Homan to speak as tensions rise over second deadly shooting in a month

MINNEAPOLIS (TNND) — Border Czar Tom Homan is scheduled to meet with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Tuesday as state officials demand that immigration enforcement agents leave the city after the second deadly shooting in a month.

President Donald Trump said he spoke with Frey on Monday and had “a very good telephone conversation” with “lots of progress being made.” Homan plans to continue the conversation on Tuesday, according to Trump.

Frey added on social media that he “appreciated the conversation” with Trump and “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,” Frey continued. “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.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Homan “will be managing ICE operations on the ground in Minnesota to continue arresting the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens.”

The meeting comes after Top Border Patrol official Greg Bovino was scheduled to leave Minneapolis following reports that Trump wasn’t pleased with how he and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem handled the death of Alex Pretti.

After rumors swirled that Bovino was being fired, Assistant Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin clarified that Bovino was not being let go.

White House sources confirmed to CNN that Trump was disappointed with how Noem had handled the situation with the media, adding that he was watching news coverage and was in contact with Noem all Saturday.

Bovino said during a CNN interview that Pretti, who was armed, had intended to commit a “massacre” on federal agents. Noem also made the statement that Pretti was brandishing his weapon, but video showed he was holding his phone at the time he was shot.

Leavitt said during a Monday news conference that the administration does not want to see violence but blamed state and local leaders for what it describes as a hostile environment toward federal law enforcement.

“This tragedy occurred as a result of a deliberate and hostile resistance by Democrat leaders in Minnesota,” Leavitt said, accusing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Frey of spreading misinformation about federal agents.