WASHINGTON: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said on Tuesday he expected the federal immigration crackdown by President Donald Trump’s administration in his state may end within days, after conversations with Trump administration officials.
Trump’s crackdown has faced criticism from local officials and human rights groups over what they say is a violation of due process and legal rights. Minnesota has also seen large-scale protests after federal immigration officers last month fatally shot US citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. The videos of the shootings sparked outrage across the country.
Walz said he spoke on Monday with Trump’s border czar Tom Homan and on Tuesday with the Republican leader’s chief of staff Susie Wiles.
“Minnesota has asked that this surge of folks leave. I spoke with Tom Homan yesterday. I spoke with Susie Wiles, the president’s chief of staff this morning,” Walz said in a press briefing.
“We’re very much in a ‘trust but verify’ mode. But it’s my expectation — and we will hear more from them I think in the next day or so — that we are talking days, not weeks and months, of this occupation,” he said.
