Jacob Frey blasts Vance over ICE operations
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Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said federal agents arrested 10,000 illegal aliens in Minneapolis while accusing Gov. Tim Walz of protecting criminals.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey tells CNN’s Sara Sidner, “we are being targeted for doing one of the most basic things we are required to perform as public servants,” after Vice President JD Vance blamed the federal presence in the city on local officials.
Federal prosecutors are investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding immigration agents, sources told CBS News.
The Minnesota attorney general and St. Paul mayor have also been subpoenaed as local, state and federal officials have clashed in the aftermath of the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent.
Now famous for the “F-bomb” heard ‘round the world, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has done more than a dozen high-profile interviews since the shooting for shows ranging from “The CBS Evening News With Tony Dokoupil” to “Fox & Friends.”
The following is the transcript of an interview with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Jan. 18, 2026.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey defended his actions in the wake of an ICE agent killing Renee Nicole Good in a series of interviews Sunday, Jan. 18.
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DOJ Reportedly Investigating Tim Walz and Jacob Frey Over Alleged Conspiracy to Impede Federal Agents
The move comes one day after Kristi Noem accused Walz and Frey of “encouraging impeding and assault against" federal agents. The post DOJ Reportedly Investigating Tim Walz and Jacob Frey Over Alleged Conspiracy to Impede Federal Agents first appeared on Mediaite.
Michele Tafoya, a new Republican candidate for Senate, told the RCP Podcast Thursday that Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's sanctuary city policies have "local law enforcement's hands tied,