‘Absolutely Sickening’: Trump DHS Unloads On Tim Walz For Comparing ICE Agents To ‘Gestapo’

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) slammed Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for comparing federal immigration agents to the secret police of Nazi Germany.

While speaking during a Saturday commencement address at the University of Minnesota Law School, Walz referred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as President Donald Trump’s “modern-day Gestapo,” accusing the agency of disappearing people with no due process. DHS, the department that oversees ICE, called the governor’s comments “absolutely sickening” and “wrong”.

“It is absolutely sickening to compare ICE law enforcement agents to the Gestapo,” DHS said Sunday in a social media post. “Attacks and demonization of ICE and our partners is wrong.”

“ICE officers are now facing a 413% increase in assaults,” the department continued. “Our message is clear: DO NOT come to this country illegally. If you do, we will arrest you, deport you and you will never return.”

Walz’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation.

The Democratic governor, during his address, accused immigration agents of acting as nefarious actors at Trump’s behest and appeared to reference the Terrorism Confinement Center, a mega-prison facility in El Salvador the administration has used to house some alleged criminal deportees.