{"id":306588,"date":"2026-01-27T18:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/306588\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T18:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:24:08","slug":"trump-sends-border-tsar-tom-homan-to-minnesota-following-ice-shooting-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/306588\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump sends \u2018border tsar\u2019 Tom Homan to Minnesota following Ice shooting \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

As US president Donald Trump<\/a> sent his \u201cborder tsar\u201d Tom Homan to Minneapolis<\/a> in an attempt to defuse the shock and outrage in the city after the killing of nurse Alex Pretti by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents, Minnesota legal representatives are seeking a court ruling that the surge of immigration enforcement officers is an infringement on state sovereignty.<\/p>\n

Minnesota governor Tim Walz<\/a> spoke to Mr Trump by telephone on Monday, who described the conversation as a \u201cvery good call\u201d and said \u201cwe actually seemed to be on the same wavelength<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Mr Trump conceded in remarks to the Wall Street Journal that the administration is \u201creviewing everything and will make a determination\u201d amid pushback from some Republican politicians.<\/p>\n

The conciliatory tone stands in vivid contrast to his persistent attacks on Mr Walz and to the remarks by leading Trump immigration officials Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, and Greg Bovino, the commanding-officer-at-large, both of whom sought to blame Mr Pretti for assaulting Ice agents despite video evidence to the contrary.<\/p>\n

Mr Pretti died after being shot multiple times by Ice agents on Saturday morning. The incident was described by Mr Walz as an \u201cinflection point\u201d in the stand-off between the White House and the city\u2019s leading officials, along with many citizen protesters. <\/p>\n

Federal judge Kate Menendez heard arguments from the city\u2019s officials that the sudden deployment of more than 2,000 agents to Twin Cities was an infringement on state sovereignty. She has yet to make a ruling.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got the sense that she understood the issues very well and I\u2019ll just say on my own behalf that the Pam Bondi letter reveals what this is all about,\u201d said Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison. He was referring to a letter sent by Ms Bondi, the US attorney general, to Mr Walz this weekend outlining steps to \u201cbring back law and order\u201d. The letter made a request for Minnesota voter and welfare information.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not about fraud and it\u2019s not even about immigration, and it\u2019s certainly not about law enforcement. It\u2019s about handing over documents of the state of Minnesota, private information including voting information, to the federal government. And that is why we\u2019re fighting it.\u201d<\/p>\n

[\u00a0Minneapolis shooting: How the Trump administration rushed to judgmentOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Mr Homan will lead the Ice operation in Minneapolis but maintained that Ms Noem retains \u201cthe utmost confidence and trust of the president\u201d.<\/p>\n

Recent polling suggests that Ms Noem\u2019s personal approval rating, and general approval rating of Ice, has turned deeply negative after the shocking deaths of Mr Pretti and Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother who was shot and killed by a federal Ice agent on January 7th.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut let\u2019s be clear about the circumstances that led to this moment on Saturday,\u201d Ms Leavitt said on Monday. \u201cThis tragedy occurred as a result of a deliberate and hostile resistance by Democrat leaders in Minnesota.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As US president Donald Trump sent his \u201cborder tsar\u201d Tom Homan to Minneapolis in an attempt to defuse…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[9,10,356,13,14,6,70180,11,12,15,16,23477,5,117443,7,8,65,66,67],"class_list":{"0":"post-306588","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-featured-news","12":"tag-featurednews","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-ice-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement","15":"tag-latest-news","16":"tag-latestnews","17":"tag-main-news","18":"tag-mainnews","19":"tag-minneapolis","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-tim-walz","22":"tag-top-stories","23":"tag-topstories","24":"tag-world","25":"tag-world-news","26":"tag-worldnews"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115968466122025953","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}