Minneapolis’ Democrat Mayor Says City Will Resist Trump Response To Somali Scammer Scandal
Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis said Sunday city police would not cooperate with a federal immigration enforcement operation launched in the wake of a growing fraud scandal in Minnesota. United States…
Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis said Sunday city police would not cooperate with a federal Immigration enforcement operation launched in the wake of a growing fraud scandal in Minnesota.
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is surging into the Minneapolis area to target illegal immigrants from Somalia after revelations into at least $1 billion in fraud, some of which reportedly went to the radical Islamic terrorist group Al-Shabaab. Frey claimed during the interview that ICE had launched a “chaotic operation” and that local authorities would not assist.
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“Our police officers will not coordinate with ICE or any federal agency around Immigration law enforcement work,” Frey said. “Now, we do work with federal agents around important criminal activity, narcotics, gun violence. We arrest perpetrators of violent crime, but we will not work with federal agents around Immigration