{"id":2532307,"date":"2026-01-10T11:46:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T16:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-mayor-escalates-tensions-promises-city-will-help-so-called-immigrants-as-ice-rounds-up-illegals\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T11:47:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T16:47:20","slug":"minneapolis-mayor-escalates-tensions-promises-city-will-help-so-called-immigrants-as-ice-rounds-up-illegals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-mayor-escalates-tensions-promises-city-will-help-so-called-immigrants-as-ice-rounds-up-illegals\/","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis Mayor Escalates Tensions, Promises City Will Help So-Called &#8216;Immigrants&#8217; as ICE Rounds Up Illegals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminneapolis-mayor-escalates-tensions-promises-city-will-help-so-called-immigrants-as-ice-rounds-up-illegals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2532307&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey condemned the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good by an ICE agent and vowed to protect the cityS immigrant community while urging protesters not to &#8220;take the bait&#8221; and escalate confrontations. The shooting, which followed an incident in which Good blocked an ICE vehicle lane and then accelerated, has sparked protests in Minneapolis and other cities; the Trump governance and DHS say the agent acted in self-defense and cite a prior vehicle attack on an officer.Frey has publicly demanded ICE leave Minneapolis and pushed back on labeling Good&#8217;s actions as domestic terrorism.Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz authorized the National Guard to be staged to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President ...\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">support law enforcement<\/a>, and some Republican lawmakers have urged invoking the Insurrection Act. DHS data cited in the article notes a sharp rise in vehicle attacks on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-president-trump-spring-a-trap-on-treasonous-democrats-on-election-night\/\" title=\"Did President ... Spring a Trap on Treasonous Democrats on Election Night?\">federal agents<\/a>, with the number of attacks and incidents against ICE officers increasing dramatically year over year.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey hinted on Thursday that tensions could get increasingly worse while vowing not to &ldquo;take the bait&rdquo; from Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.<\/p>\n<p>Protests have erupted in Minneapolis and in other cities nationwide in response to an ICE agent on Wednesday fatally shooting 37-year-old Renee Good, a Minnesota resident who blocked a lane of ICE vehicles with her car before accelerating forward as agents surrounded her vehicle.&nbsp;Frey did not give a direct answer to &ldquo;CBS Evening News&rdquo; host Tony Dokoupil on how he plans to help calm the volatile situation, as ICE operations continue and protesters equate federal agents with &ldquo;Nazis.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;ve now got protesters in the street saying things like, &lsquo;Nazis go home.&rsquo; How are you helping the situation calm down?&rdquo; Dokoupil asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What I appreciate about this situation right now is we in Minneapolis are all singing with one accord, which is one, we are going to stand up for our immigrant community, two, we&rsquo;re going to keep people safe, and three, we&rsquo;re not going to take the bait,&rdquo; Frey said. &ldquo;If you&rsquo;ve watched how a lot of these protests have carried out, this is not some repeat of what we saw in 2020. What we see is the people saying, hey, hang on a second, ICE wants us to take the bait. They want us to screw up, do something wrong, and then ultimately see even greater military presence in our city.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Following the shooting, an angered Frey called on ICE to &ldquo;get the f*ck out&rdquo; of Minneapolis. He countered President Donald Trump&rsquo;s administration&rsquo;s claim that she committed an act of domestic terrorism, telling Dokoupil that Good simply tried to leave.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The administration, including Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, have said that Good attempted to ram the ICE agent with her car and that he acted in self-defense. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Wednesday that the agent is the victim of a vehicle attack that happened in June, when an anti-ICE rioter rammed and dragged him with a car.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stated on Wednesday that Minnesota has &ldquo;never been at war with our federal government,&rdquo; raising concerns that he would use the National Guard to quell ICE&rsquo;s operations. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/gov-walz-authorizes-national-guard-staging-following-fatal-ice-shooting-minneapolis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">authorized<\/a> the Minnesota National Guard on Thursday to be staged and ready to assist local and state law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Some Republican lawmakers, including Illinois Rep. Mary Miller, have <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMaryMiller\/status\/2009308760833978414\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called<\/a> on Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act against Walz.<\/p>\n<p>As of November 2025, there have been 99 vehicular attacks against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-mayor-congress-must-open-a-probe-into-security-failures-at-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"D.C. Mayor: Congress must open a probe into security failures at U.S. Capitol\">federal law enforcement<\/a>, which more than doubled from the number of attacks in 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/11\/18\/ice-and-cbp-officers-face-unprecedented-surge-vehicle-ramming-attacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Department of Homeland Security. 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