Overview
- Vice President J.D. Vance said the Justice Department will investigate the case and that the Department of Homeland Security is already conducting its own probe.
- Vance linked the Minneapolis operation to an alleged large-scale scheme to steal government funds involving migrants and said the administration will create a special assistant to the attorney general to examine such fraud and protest financing, while alleging Governor Tim Walz may have facilitated or taken part.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the agent as acting in self-defense and vowed ICE operations will continue in the city, a view President Donald Trump supported.
- Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey condemned ICE’s actions as reckless and demanded the agency leave the city, and Governor Walz promised a full, fair and prompt investigation and placed the National Guard on heightened readiness.
- During the operation, agents told a driver stopped in the roadway to exit her vehicle, the car moved forward, an ICE agent fired, and the woman later died, with a DHS official saying she tried to run over officers as protests continued Thursday and several arrests were reported while Vance urged the media to lower tensions.