Minneapolis mayor tells ICE to “get the f*** out” after shooting

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey advised federal immigration authorities on Wednesday to “get the f**–” out of the town following the deadly capturing of a girl by an ICE officer throughout an enforcement operation.

The Division of Homeland Safety mentioned authorities carried out an operation when rioters started blocking ICE autos. The motive force of 1 car allegedly tried to “arm her car” to hit legislation enforcement officers, which they described as an act of “home terrorism.”

The lady was confirmed lifeless at a neighborhood hospital, officers mentioned.

“Get the fuck out of Minneapolis,” Frey mentioned at a information convention. ‘We do not need you right here. The rationale you gave for being on this metropolis is to create some sort of security, and also you’re doing the precise reverse. Individuals are getting damage, households are being torn aside.”

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Frey additionally referred to as DHS’s assertion that the capturing occurred in self-defense “trash.” He claimed that ICE “created the sort of dysfunction and chaos they claimed to assist.”

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DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin advised Fox Information that Wednesday’s incident was a “direct results of continued assaults and demonization of our officers by sanctuary politicians who gasoline and encourage rampant assaults on our legislation enforcement officers, who’re going through a 1,300% enhance in assaults in opposition to them and an 8,000% enhance in dying threats.”

Members of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Workplace watch as individuals collect close to the scene of a suspected capturing by an ICE agent throughout federal legislation enforcement operations on Wednesday in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Photographs)

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., accused DHS of mendacity about what occurred.

“You lie,” she wrote on X. “There was no try and run over the officer and no ICE brokers seem to have been injured. Go away our metropolis.’

About 2,000 federal brokers had been despatched to Minneapolis as a part of the Trump administration’s ongoing crackdown on unlawful immigration. Frey, like different Democratic Minnesota officers, has referred to as on federal authorities to depart the state.

The officers encountered protesters and individuals who filmed them conducting operations to arrest prison unlawful immigrants.

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Members of legislation enforcement work on the scene after a suspected capturing by an ICE agent throughout federal operations on Wednesday in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty)

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara mentioned officers predicted some type of violence amid the surge of federal brokers within the metropolis. He additional urged individuals to obey the legislation to make sure their security and that of the authorities.

“Along with this tragedy, which we sadly predicted, we had been deeply involved a few additional escalation of the scene,” he mentioned. “I simply echo the mayor’s feedback that we ask that folks might be indignant about what occurred. And other people will wish to train their First Modification rights, however please achieve this safely and lawfully to make sure that we do not have additional tragedy within the metropolis or destruction.”

Frey questioned the DHS narrative that officers acted in self-defense.

“What I can inform you is that the story that this was achieved solely in self-defense is a nonsense story,” he mentioned. “That is not true. There isn’t any reality to it. And it must be mentioned very clearly since we have already seen video of it.”

O’Hara mentioned it didn’t seem the girl who was shot was the goal of a legislation enforcement operation.

Folks collect on the scene of a suspected capturing by an ICE agent throughout federal legislation enforcement operations on January 7, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Photographs)

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“This lady sat in her automotive after which blocked the road,” he mentioned. “Due to the presence of federal legislation enforcement, which is clearly one thing that’s taking place, not simply in Minneapolis, however throughout the nation.”

“I’m clearly very involved that I’ve been advised {that a} lady who was blocking the road in her automotive and was not the goal of any enforcement exercise is now deceased,” the chief added. “I do not know the precise circumstances of the capturing, however I can inform you that in any skilled legislation enforcement company within the nation, I feel it is rather regarding when a shot is fired right into a car by somebody who just isn’t armed. However it’s also one thing that’s attainable, and typically it’s justified.”