Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey doubled down on his resistance to President Donald Trump and border czar Tom Homan’s immigration enforcement efforts at the moment, vowing that his metropolis shall be a “safe haven” for unlawful immigrants.
Talking at a city corridor with different Democrat leaders, together with “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Frey stated: “I want all of you just to know exactly where we are as far as our neighbors go, Minneapolis will continue to be a safe haven for undocumented immigrants.”
“Regardless of who you are or where you come from, Minneapolis is a place where you should be proud to call home,” he continued.
Frey, a Democrat, has beforehand vowed to not cooperate with President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts, making him certainly one of a slew of different blue metropolis leaders throughout the nation to take this stance.
In an earlier speech, Frey assured illegals that in accord with the town’s “separation ordinance,” Minneapolis police wouldn’t collect details about individuals’s immigration standing and wouldn’t arrest anybody for being within the nation illegally.
“I want to speak to the undocumented. We love you; we care about you and the city of Minneapolis, we will stand up for you and we will do anything in our power to help,” he stated.
In response to Frey’s newest feedback, Home Majority Whip Tom Emmer, whose district contains a lot of the Minneapolis suburbs and space across the Twin Cities, informed Fox Information Digital that “Mayor Frey should stop standing guard for criminal illegal aliens and start protecting the people of his city.”
“If anyone deserves a ‘safe haven,’ it’s the people of Minneapolis who’ve been forced to deal with the consequences of his failed leadership,” stated Emmer.
In February, Emmer and a number of other different Minnesota Republicans wrote a letter to Frey condemning his stance, which they stated poses a menace to the protection of residents.
“Just last year, ICE apprehended a known al-Shabaab terrorist in your city. This terrorist was an illegal immigrant who broke the law to enter our country during the Biden-Harris border crisis in March 2023. Last month, ICE arrested three illegal immigrants who are child sex predators in your neighbor city of Saint Paul,” they stated.
“Interfering with federal actions designed to ensure the security of your constituents is misguided.”
“Your city and your constituents deserve to be protected from such threats, and we urge you to prioritize their needs over those of criminals and terrorists,” the letter went on, concluding: “It is time for you to put the safety of your constituents first.”
