WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Sunday, January 25, President Donald Trump called on Congress to pass legislation that would end sanctuary jurisdiction policies across the country.
His request comes as tensions run high over the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis, the latest violent confrontation between ICE officers and those protesting the very nature of what ICE does, according to POLITICO.
In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote that he was "calling on the United States Congress to immediately pass Legislation to END Sanctuary Cities" and asking for Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and all Democratic mayors and governors "to formally cooperate with the Trump Administration to enforce our Nation's Laws, rather than resist and stoke the flames of Division, Chaos, and Violence."
His post comes one day after federal ICE agents fatally shot Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti. The incident prompted both Walz and Frey to once again urge the Trump administration to walk back its deployment of several thousand ICE officers to the state.
Since the fatal shooting of Renee Good by another ICE agent, Minnesota Democrats have maintained that federal officials have created chaos by surging immigration enforcement in their state. Last week, Walz said he had received a subpoena as part of an investigation into him and other Democrats in the state after Trump warned the state's leaders in a social media post that "THE DAY OF RECKONING & RETRIBUTION IS COMING!"
In his post, Trump reportedly asked the Democratic leaders to turn over all unauthorized immigrants with an active warrant or known criminal history, in addition to those currently held in state prisons, jails, or by local police, to federal authorities for immediate deportation.
He also demanded they agree to assist federal law enforcement in their nationwide immigration crackdown. Earlier in the day on Sunday, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara previewed what will likely be city officials' response, telling CBS "Face The Nation" of the city's sanctuary policies: "It's not on the Minneapolis Police Department or local law enforcement to hand folks over that are in jails."
“The city police do not operate a jail that’s at the county level and the prisons are at the state level, so we are complying with the law as we have been for many years,” he told host Margaret Brennan. “And I don’t know what else could possibly be asked of this very, very, you know, understaffed and overstretched police department.”
Federal officials have repeatedly blamed Walz and Frey for the clashes between federal authorities and locals in Minnesota, citing their unwillingness to cooperate with the Trump administration.
"Unfortunately, when you don't have the partnership of the city, Mayor Frey and Governor Walz have been very clear that they're going to continue their rhetoric. They’re going to continue to put criminals and corrupt illegal aliens above the people in that city and state,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News on Sunday.
“They’ve said they’re not going to help us, so we’ll make sure that we protect your officers, but we also follow through on making sure these criminals are brought to justice.” The Trump administration has already taken several steps to crack down on sanctuary jurisdictions, filing lawsuits against several Democratic-run states and cities and vowing to suspend their federal funding beginning February 1.
The Office of Management and Budget also reportedly ordered a review of federal funding this week for 14 Democrat-run states and Washington, D.C.
In the wake of Pretti's shooting, attorneys for Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul urged District Judge Kate Menendez, who is weighing a demand to block the Department of Homeland Security's operation altogether, to curtail the administration's operation in Minnesota in a Saturday night court filing.
An estimated 3,000 federal immigration agents have been dispatched to Minneapolis as part of Trump's "Operation Metro Surge," an immigration enforcement tactic that has drawn the wrath of local officials and Democrats nationwide.
His request comes as tensions run high over the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis, the latest violent confrontation between ICE officers and those protesting the very nature of what ICE does, according to POLITICO.
In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote that he was "calling on the United States Congress to immediately pass Legislation to END Sanctuary Cities" and asking for Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and all Democratic mayors and governors "to formally cooperate with the Trump Administration to enforce our Nation's Laws, rather than resist and stoke the flames of Division, Chaos, and Violence."
His post comes one day after federal ICE agents fatally shot Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti. The incident prompted both Walz and Frey to once again urge the Trump administration to walk back its deployment of several thousand ICE officers to the state.
Since the fatal shooting of Renee Good by another ICE agent, Minnesota Democrats have maintained that federal officials have created chaos by surging immigration enforcement in their state. Last week, Walz said he had received a subpoena as part of an investigation into him and other Democrats in the state after Trump warned the state's leaders in a social media post that "THE DAY OF RECKONING & RETRIBUTION IS COMING!"
In his post, Trump reportedly asked the Democratic leaders to turn over all unauthorized immigrants with an active warrant or known criminal history, in addition to those currently held in state prisons, jails, or by local police, to federal authorities for immediate deportation.
He also demanded they agree to assist federal law enforcement in their nationwide immigration crackdown. Earlier in the day on Sunday, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara previewed what will likely be city officials' response, telling CBS "Face The Nation" of the city's sanctuary policies: "It's not on the Minneapolis Police Department or local law enforcement to hand folks over that are in jails."
“The city police do not operate a jail that’s at the county level and the prisons are at the state level, so we are complying with the law as we have been for many years,” he told host Margaret Brennan. “And I don’t know what else could possibly be asked of this very, very, you know, understaffed and overstretched police department.”
Federal officials have repeatedly blamed Walz and Frey for the clashes between federal authorities and locals in Minnesota, citing their unwillingness to cooperate with the Trump administration.
"Unfortunately, when you don't have the partnership of the city, Mayor Frey and Governor Walz have been very clear that they're going to continue their rhetoric. They’re going to continue to put criminals and corrupt illegal aliens above the people in that city and state,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News on Sunday.
“They’ve said they’re not going to help us, so we’ll make sure that we protect your officers, but we also follow through on making sure these criminals are brought to justice.” The Trump administration has already taken several steps to crack down on sanctuary jurisdictions, filing lawsuits against several Democratic-run states and cities and vowing to suspend their federal funding beginning February 1.
The Office of Management and Budget also reportedly ordered a review of federal funding this week for 14 Democrat-run states and Washington, D.C.
In the wake of Pretti's shooting, attorneys for Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul urged District Judge Kate Menendez, who is weighing a demand to block the Department of Homeland Security's operation altogether, to curtail the administration's operation in Minnesota in a Saturday night court filing.
An estimated 3,000 federal immigration agents have been dispatched to Minneapolis as part of Trump's "Operation Metro Surge," an immigration enforcement tactic that has drawn the wrath of local officials and Democrats nationwide.
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