As unrest tied to a federal immigration enforcement operation continues to roil Minneapolis, President Donald Trump said he held a “very good” phone call with Mayor Jacob Frey and announced that border czar Tom Homan will meet with the mayor to continue talks.
According to Fox News, Trump shared the update Monday in a post on Truth Social, signaling deeper federal involvement with city leaders as authorities try to calm a volatile situation.
“I just had a very good telephone conversation with Mayor Jacob Frey, of Minneapolis,” the president wrote. “Lots of progress is being made! Tom Homan will be meeting with him tomorrow in order to continue the discussion. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
Frey later offered his own account of the conversation, laying out where he stands on the federal operation and how Minneapolis plans to interact with state and federal authorities going forward.
“I spoke with President Trump today and appreciated the conversation. I expressed how much Minneapolis has benefited from our immigrant communities and was clear that my main ask is that Operation Metro Surge needs to end,” Frey wrote. “The president agreed the present situation can’t continue.”
According to the mayor, some changes are already underway.
“Some federal agents will begin leaving the area tomorrow, and I will continue pushing for the rest involved in this operation to go,” Frey said. He added that Minneapolis would continue cooperating with law enforcement on criminal matters, but drew a firm line on immigration enforcement.
“Minneapolis will continue to cooperate with state and federal law enforcement on real criminal investigations — but we will not participate in unconstitutional arrests of our neighbors or enforce federal immigration law,” he wrote.
Frey emphasized that accountability should be tied to criminal conduct, not a person’s background.
“I will continue working with all levels of government to keep our communities safe, keep crime down, and put Minneapolis residents first,” he said, confirming plans to meet with Homan on Tuesday to discuss next steps.
The exchange came just hours after Trump also spoke with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz about the unrest that has followed recent federal immigration actions in the city.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed that call during her Monday briefing, saying the president’s focus is on restoring order while backing law enforcement.
She said Trump wants to “let cops be cops” as authorities respond to the violence.
Leavitt sharply criticized Walz and Frey for what she described as encouraging anti-ICE agitators, arguing that such rhetoric helped fuel chaos that preceded the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were killed by law enforcement this month.
According to Leavitt, Trump wants the unrest to end immediately and believes there is a clear path forward. She said that begins with state and local officials turning over illegal aliens who are already incarcerated or who have active warrants or known criminal histories.
Trump is also calling on local police to assist federal authorities by transferring custody of arrested illegal aliens and helping locate suspects wanted for crimes.
“We want to let cops be cops,” Leavitt said.
