Live: Walz expects ICE surge will soon wind down in Minnesota

February 11, 2026
People hold "Ice Out" signs during a Singing Resistance event at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis on Feb. 10. Songs of solidarity and grief were sung during the event to raise funds for immigrant and refugee neighbors. (Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said they were both told by White House officials that a drawdown of federal agents was imminent.

The Minnesota Star Tribune

After conversations with White House officials, Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday that the surge of federal agents in Minnesota could be winding down.

“It’s my expectation, and we will hear more from them in the next day or so, that we are talking days, not weeks and months, [remaining] of this occupation,” Walz said.

Walz said he spoke to White House border official Tom Homan on Monday and to President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, on Tuesday.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey also met with Homan on Monday and discussed a drawdown of federal agents in the coming weeks.

In another development, ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon will be represented by former acting U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson in his criminal case tied to an anti-ICE demonstration at a St. Paul church.

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Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said they were both told by White House officials that a drawdown of federal agents was imminent.

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