Donald Trump sending Tom Homan to Minnesota, president announces on social media
Donald Trump is dispatching his border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota.
Trump made this announcement in a Truth Social post on Monday morning that also made unsubstantiated claims about protests in Minneapolis.
“I am sending Tom Homan to Minnesota tonight. He has not been involved in that area, but knows and likes many of the people there. Tom is tough but fair, and will report directly to me,” Trump said.
“Separately, a major investigation is going on with respect to the massive 20 Billion Dollar, Plus, Welfare Fraud that has taken place in Minnesota, and is at least partially responsible for the violent organized protests going on in the streets.
“Additionally, the DOJ and Congress are looking at ‘Congresswoman’ Illhan Omar, who left Somalia with NOTHING, and is now reportedly worth more than 44 Million Dollars.”
Omar has slammed claims that her net worth surged, reportedly saying she’s “not a millionaire” and blaming a “coordinated right-wing disinformation campaign”.
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Minnesota lawyers are trying to use Donald Trump’s comments about the state in asking a judge to halt the surge of immigration agents in Minneapolis.
Court reporter Adam Klasfeld, who is covering the proceeding, said that state attorney Brian Carter invoked Trump’s comments to show the deployment of 3000 federal agents violated Minnesota’s sovereignty.
Carter:
“It is personal animosity. It is retribution. Literally, the President of the United States” said in the middle of this “chaos”: “Minnesota, you day of retribution is here.”
“That’s CRAZY. How can that NOT violate the 10th Amendment?”
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) January 26, 2026
Lawyers for Minnesota are still in court asking a judge to stop the surge of ICE agents in Minneapolis.
Judge Kate Menendez is pressing these attorneys to explain how she could decide on such a broad request, the New York Times noted.
“It seems that part of the solution for this set of wrongs that you describe is to bring cases about those wrongs,” Menendez said, “rather than to say all of these things together means the federal government has to leave the state of Minnesota.”
Donald Trump’s decision to send ‘“border czar” Tom Homan to Minneapolis will only heighten chaos in the city, a local official told CNN.
Minneapolis city council member Soren Stevenson said Homan’s deployment was “escalating tensions”.
“They know that they’re in a bad spot. This is Minnesota. What are you talking about, a lawless, crazy place? This is Minnesota. This is a beautiful place. A wonderful place. And they’re losing this narrative battle,” Stevenson said Monday on CNN News Central. “And so, he’s sending in his top guard. And really, it’s escalating because we just want to be left alone. Just leave us.
“You know, we don’t have this big law and order problem. This is a great place to live. The chaos in our community is coming from ICE,” Stevenson continued. “It’s coming from this invasion that we’re under, this occupation. And so, this is just escalating tensions, and it’s got to stop. It’s just got to stop.”
We’re starting to get updates from federal court in Minnesota, where lawyers for the state are trying to halt the surge of federal agents.
The New York Times reports that Lindsey Middlecamp, an attorney for the state, asked Judge Kate M Menendez: to “issue a temporary restraining order today. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Today.”
Brian Carter, also an attorney for the state, told a judge that the presence of immigration agents was “essentially an army” meant to “basically stir the pot with conduct that is pervasive and includes widespread illegal violent conduct.”
More updates soon …
Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Madel drops out of race because of Republicans’ ‘stated retribution on citizens of our state’
Minnesota GOP gubernatorial candidate Chris Madel dropped out of the race on Monday because of Republicans’ “stated retribution on the citizens of our state,” the Minnesota Star Tribune reported.
“Nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so,” Madel also said in a video announcement.
Madel, a lawyer in Minneapolis, said in a video that he had previously backed the ramped-up immigration enforcement in Minnesota, such as its claimed targeting of hardened criminals.
But, Madel said, the operation “expanded far beyond its stated focus on true public safety threats”.
“United States citizens, particularly those of color, live in fear. United States citizens are carrying papers to prove their citizenship. That’s wrong,” he remarked.
Before dropping out of the race, Madel went from being a “relative political unknown” to a favorite for the Republican nomination.
Notably, Madel had campaigned on unwavering support of law enforcement. He even gave legal advice to Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good, the newspaper reports.
The newspaper called his decision a “stunning exit”.
Court filing after court filing has detailed federal agents’ heavy-handed tactics in Minneapolis.
Just this morning, one court filing alleges that federal agents threatened to arrest a lawyer who was around a controversial Minnesota church protest.
Notes Scott MacFarlane:
NEW: In court filing today, attorney argues federal agents threatened to an arrest an attorney near scene of last week’s Minnesota church protest
“Based on their belief that she might have taken” a phone from one of the people arrested
Turns out.. agents already had the phone pic.twitter.com/FGbIKsntpP
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) January 26, 2026
A man who says he witnessed federal agents kill Alex Pretti claims that he was arrested right after the deadly shooting.
“I’m not going to be intimidated by them,” CBS News quoted the man, who wanted to be referred to as Javier over safety concerns, as saying. “My father always told me never to be scared of a person that believes as much as you do. Everybody in this world believes as much as I do, and that’s my sense of security right now.”
Javier said he lives near the area where Pretti was shot dead, and went over after hearing about ICE activity there.
“I watched the agent shoot him,” Javier reportedly said. “Whether I knew him or not, he died for the cause.”
Javier claimed that federal agents took him and other people who were nearby to the Whipple federal building. They were detained there several hours, he alleged.
Javier said he was initially detained alone, but was then joined by almost 24 other people from the area. He claimed that agents gave them food and water, as well as medical attention, before freeing them.
Not at all surprisingly, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt voiced support of her boss’s decision to send border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota.
Tom Homan will be managing ICE Operations on the ground in Minnesota to continue arresting the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens. In addition, Tom will coordinate with those leading investigations into the massive, widespread fraud that has resulted in billions of… pic.twitter.com/pm552dhpxq
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) January 26, 2026
The fact that more Republicans are calling for an investigation into Alex Pretti’s death doesn’t just mark a split from Trump – it also speaks to the possibility of a possible partial government shutdown.
Here’s how: Senators have to approve a six bill appropriations package by 30 January to avert a government shutdown, per The Hill.
Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins has said that she’s weighing possibly separating a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security from this six-bill bundle.
New York Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer said on Sunday that he would block a six-bill package, but would let five go forward.
The Hill explains: “Schumer’s offer to pass five of the annual spending bills to fund more than 90 percent of the federal government through September now puts the ball in Thune’s court.”
But, this means that Thune has to find a way to make Senate Republicans to agree with cutting out the sixth bill, which is “something that he would need the consent of the entire Senate to do.”
While Thune could try moving forward the other five funding measures, it’s unlikely he could do this by 30 January, “given the Senate’s time-consuming floor procedures,” the website notes.
Donald Trump sending Tom Homan to Minnesota, president announces on social media
Donald Trump is dispatching his border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota.
Trump made this announcement in a Truth Social post on Monday morning that also made unsubstantiated claims about protests in Minneapolis.
“I am sending Tom Homan to Minnesota tonight. He has not been involved in that area, but knows and likes many of the people there. Tom is tough but fair, and will report directly to me,” Trump said.
“Separately, a major investigation is going on with respect to the massive 20 Billion Dollar, Plus, Welfare Fraud that has taken place in Minnesota, and is at least partially responsible for the violent organized protests going on in the streets.
“Additionally, the DOJ and Congress are looking at ‘Congresswoman’ Illhan Omar, who left Somalia with NOTHING, and is now reportedly worth more than 44 Million Dollars.”
Omar has slammed claims that her net worth surged, reportedly saying she’s “not a millionaire” and blaming a “coordinated right-wing disinformation campaign”.
