Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have reportedly refused to cooperate with immigration officials and released nearly 500 criminal illegal aliens back into the community.
🚨 JUST IN: Kristi Noem confirms Mayor Frey and Tim Walz RELEASED 490 m*rderers, r*pists and drug traffickers onto the streets INSTEAD of handing them over to ICE in the jails
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 20, 2026
WTF?!
That is TREASON! There is no other way to put it.pic.twitter.com/1ci4FTiFRZ
“For example: One of the things we've asked Gov. Walz and Mayor Frey is to give us just the criminals you have in jail,” said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. “They've released 490 murderers, and rapists, and drug traffickers onto their streets, rather than just give them to us — and that’s what I don’t understand.”
The Trump administration has argued that Democrat politicians in Minnesota have conspired to impede federal immigration enforcement operations, resulting in subpoenas for Walz, Frey, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and others.
BREAKING: Multiple Minnesota officials served by the FBI with grand jury subpoenas for conspiring to impede ICE:
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 20, 2026
- Gov Tim Walz
- Attorney General Keith Ellison
- Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey
- St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her
- Ramsey County Attorney John Choi
- Hennepin County… pic.twitter.com/MoIFw2H3v0
In the interview, Noem also disputed the claim that federal agents have strayed from standard practices. “We’re doing the same thing that law enforcement has done for years — under this administration, under the Biden administration — all of them,” Noem stated.
Since the launch of Operation Metro Surge in December, ICE has apprehended 3,000 aliens in Minnesota alone. The “Worst of the Worst” were featured on Noem’s social media accounts on Tuesday.
MINNESOTA’S WORST OF THE WORST.
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) January 20, 2026
DHS has arrested over 10,000 criminal illegal immigrants in Minnesota since @POTUS Trump took office.
These are the Worst of the Worst — murderers, rapists, and pedophiles. We will not stop our mission to Make America Safe Again. pic.twitter.com/ZE7y0qWuQ5
Editor’s Note: Democrat politicians and their radical supporters will do everything they can to interfere with and threaten ICE agents enforcing our immigration laws.
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