Minnesota shooting live updates: Trump vows to work with Walz as border czar sent to lead ICE operation
Trump says he’s on a ‘similar wavelength’ as Gov. Walz on ICE in Minnesota
- President Donald Trump has pledged to collaborate with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz following the fatal shooting of nurse Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis.
- Trump described his phone call with Walz as “very good” and indicated they shared a “similar wavelength.”
- The President announced he is deploying border czar Tom Homan to oversee ICE operations in Minnesota.
- A federal judge is currently hearing a lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security's deployment of federal agents to the state.
- Minnesota officials have requested the judge to halt the 'unprecedented' surge of federal agents, a request the Justice Department has labeled “legally frivolous.”