Tom Homan has been on the ground in Minneapolis for barely a day, and already Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz appears to be folding.
Homan announced that he convened a meeting with key state and city figures — including Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey — where there was broad agreement on removing criminal aliens and backing law enforcement efforts. That kind of consensus was nowhere to be found before Homan showed up:
Today I met with Governor Walz, Mayor Frey, and top law enforcement officials to discuss the issues on the ground in Minnesota. We all agree that we need to support our law enforcement officers and get criminals off the streets. While we don’t agree on everything, these meetings were a productive starting point and I look forward to more conversations with key stakeholders in the days ahead. President Trump has been clear: he wants American cities to be safe and secure for law-abiding residents — and they will be.
Today I met with Governor Walz, Mayor Frey, and top law enforcement officials to discuss the issues on the ground in Minnesota. We all agree that we need to support our law enforcement officers and get criminals off the streets. While we don’t agree on everything, these meetings…
— Thomas D. Homan (@RealTomHoman) January 27, 2026
For weeks, President Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem pleaded for basic cooperation from Minnesota leadership on a simple, common-sense goal: removing criminal illegal aliens from the streets. Walz ignored them, stonewalled the effort, and chose political posturing over public safety.
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“All we ask is that before you turn violent criminals out on the streets, let us know so we can pick them up,” says @Sec_Noem on Minneapolis.
“We’ve asked for that partnership. We get it everywhere else in the country… We wish that Minnesota could be the same.” pic.twitter.com/PJDLHUfDk6
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 25, 2026
Publicly, Walz is still parroting the same tired talking points about forcing federal agents out of Minnesota. But what’s happening on the ground tells a very different story. The rhetoric hasn’t changed — the reality has.
For months, Walz openly encouraged resistance to the Trump administration’s deportation agenda, a posture that helped fuel chaos and confrontation and ultimately coincided with the deaths of two U.S. citizens. His law enforcement apparatus stood down while agitators built barricades and set fires in city streets, all in the name of “protest.” That era appears to be ending.
Look how pathetic these anti-ICE protests look when local police aren’t handcuffed and are actually able to defend their communities.
Shoutout to Maple Grove PD and the Hennepin County Sheriff’s department for standing with ICE at the Springhill Hotel! pic.twitter.com/V5qeH0OkYj
— Mav (@BottomGroyper) January 27, 2026
After speaking directly with President Trump and shaking up deportation leadership by sending Tom Homan into Minneapolis, something remarkable happened: state and local law enforcement finally did their jobs. For the first time since the demonstrations began, police moved in and cracked down on the relentless agitators who had been camped outside hotels housing federal agents. The days of standing back while mobs intimidated law enforcement appear to be over.
That shift didn’t go unnoticed — or unpunished politically. Walz was quickly met with protests of his own after activists realized he had quietly flipped from indulging chaos to enforcing law and order. The outrage wasn’t about principles; it was about losing control of the streets.
Homan made it clear this wasn’t a one-off meeting or a temporary adjustment. He confirmed that yesterday’s discussions were just the beginning and that the Trump administration has zero intention of backing away from an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
ICE agents are still out in Minneapolis knocking on doors and carrying out immigration operations — and the predictable left-wing meltdown over it has kicked back into high gear. Even after Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino was shifted out of the city, critics like left-wing commentator Kyle Kulinski are raging that deportation efforts have increased since his departure:
?? MAJOR BREAKING: TRUMP REGIME IS **INCREASING** ILLEGAL DHS RAIDS AGAINST PROTESTORS IN MINNESOTA, BOVINO FIRING WAS PR STUNT TO HEAD FAKE DE-ESCALATION https://t.co/VCvAssC7xL
— Secular Talk ([email protected]) (@KyleKulinski) January 27, 2026
While Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey continue to play strongman for the camera and online (or at least attempt to), everything else signals that Homan has brought the state to heel on immigration enforcement.
