Overview

• Minnesota Governor Tim Walz likened ICE agents to 'Trump’s modern-day Gestapo' during a University of Minnesota Law School commencement speech on May 17, 2025.
• Walz accused ICE of detaining individuals without due process, describing agents using unmarked vans and masks to 'disappear' people.
• The Department of Homeland Security labeled Walz’s remarks 'sickening' and highlighted a 413% rise in assaults on ICE officers, attributing it to rhetoric demonizing the agency.
• Trump aide Stephen Miller called Walz’s language 'vile anti-American' and suggested it incites violence and unrest.
• The controversy underscores ongoing tensions over immigration enforcement and the use of incendiary historical analogies in political discourse.