President Donald Trump said he had a "very good call" with Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Monday. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
"The Governor, very respectfully, understood that, and I will be speaking to him in the near future. He was happy that Tom Homan was going to Minnesota, and so am I! We have had such tremendous SUCCESS in Washington, D.C., Memphis, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana, and virtually every other place that we have ‘touched’ and, even in Minnesota, Crime is way down, but both Governor Walz and I want to make it better!" Trump continued in his post.
Walz's office told Fox Digital Monday that the governor held a "productive" call with Trump while making the "case that we need impartial investigations of the Minneapolis shootings involving federal agents, and that we need to reduce the number of federal agents in Minnesota."
"The President agreed that he would talk to his Department of Homeland Security about ensuring the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is able to conduct an independent investigation, as would ordinarily be the case. The President also agreed to look into reducing the number of federal agents in Minnesota and working with the state in a more coordinated fashion on immigration enforcement regarding violent criminals," Walz's office continued.
The governor's office added that Walz "reminded" Trump that the Minnesota Department of Corrections complies with federal immigration detainers and that there isn't a "single documented case of the department’s releasing someone from state prison without offering to ensure a smooth transfer of custody."
FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS PRIVATELY FUME OVER DHS CLAIMS AFTER DEADLY MINNESOTA SHOOTING
Trump announced Monday that he was deploying White House border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota and that he will report directly to the president.
Tom Homan Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement visits "Fox & Friends" at Fox News Channel Studios on February 14, 2025 in New York City. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)
Trump told The Wall Street Journal Sunday that his administration is "reviewing everything" surrounding the case, but did not say whether the agent who shot Pretti acted appropriately.
The fatal shooting follows the Jan. 7 fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good, which sparked widespread backlash from Democrats and other critics of the administration that Good was "murdered" at the hands of the government.
Walz, along with other Democrat leaders from the Gopher State, repeatedly have come under Trump's ire for their handling of an ongoing sweeping fraud case that led to the administration deploying additional federal law enforcement officers to the Twin Cities at the start of January. Trump and the administration have pinned blame on Walz and other state leaders for causing chaos and protests in the city, claiming that their rhetoric has promoted agitators to confront law enforcement officers.
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"Jacob Frey and Tim Walz have whipped these rioters into a frenzy and turned them loose to wreak havoc on Minneapolis," White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told Fox Digital earlier in January after agitators disrupted church services to protest ICE Jan. 18. "Frey and Walz should be ashamed for inciting such chaos, but the Trump Administration will continue enforcing the law."
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