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Featuring: Jacob Frey, Democratic–Farmer–Labor | Mayor of Minneapolis | Minnesota

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on clashes with I.C.E. and the way forward

Published January 29, 2026 | Video Starts at 20:37

… on a phone call with today, what is your expectation moving forward for the immediate future? Look, I've got hopes and I've got expectations, but I want to see it. I want to see a drawdown of this massive deployment of federal agents. I want to see the conduct change so we don't have these crews of federal agents indiscriminately picking people up. (20:37–20:45)

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“Shootings, for instance, on the north side right now of our city are at a record low.”
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“We've only got a limited number of officers, in fact about 600.”
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“What we have is something called a separation ordinance.”
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“Our police officers, our public officials, will not ask the question as to whether a person is documented or not.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on clashes with I.C.E. and the way forward | Uploaded January 29, 2026 | 07:04-07:13
“Crime is down in virtually every category in virtually every neighborhood of the city.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on clashes with I.C.E. and the way forward | Uploaded January 29, 2026 | 10:17-10:23
“A pregnant woman was dragged through the street. A five year old was detained. We've had two people killed. And Alex Preddy and Renee Good.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on clashes with I.C.E. and the way forward | Uploaded January 29, 2026 | 12:45-12:58
“We've had American citizens that have gotten picked up simply because they, you know, looked the wrong way.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on clashes with I.C.E. and the way forward | Uploaded January 29, 2026 | 13:38-13:45
“We met with the border czar, Tom Homan just yesterday. Had a productive meeting.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on clashes with I.C.E. and the way forward | Uploaded January 29, 2026 | 15:54-15:59
“We don't force federal immigration law. We do our jobs.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on clashes with I.C.E. and the way forward | Uploaded January 29, 2026 | 16:42-16:45
“We've got 600 police officers in the city.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on clashes with I.C.E. and the way forward | Uploaded January 29, 2026 | 17:19-17:23
“They've got between three and 4,000 ICE agents and border control.”
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“We've got a massive plan that is in effect.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on clashes with I.C.E. and the way forward | Uploaded January 29, 2026 | 18:47-18:50
“We did a ton of work around emergency preparedness.”
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