Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is expected to hold a news conference in Minneapolis this afternoon to “discuss ICE operations and update on the Trump Administration’s immigration enforcement operations in the Twin Cities,” her department announced.
While Minneapolis has not been at the forefront of immigration enforcement issues the way Chicago or Los Angeles have been, it has seen its share of flare-ups against the Trump administration.
In April, a Turkish graduate business student at the University of Minnesota sued the federal governorment for his release, after he said two plainclothes federal officers arrested him on the street outside his St. Paul home, retroactively revoking his visa following his arrest.
In September, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Minnesota, the City of Minneapolis and the City of St. Paul, among others, over their sanctuary city policies, which the DOJ said “interfere with the federal government’s enforcement of its immigration laws.”
The state’s Democratic governor, Tim Walz, was also Kamala Harris’ running mate during last year’s campaign against Trump. In June, the president described Walz as “so whacked out,” while declining to call Walz over the shooting of two state Democratic lawmakers and their spouses in Minnesota.