Wednesday on CNN’s “The Area,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) mentioned the Trump administration’s withdrawal of 700 immigration officers in Minnesota was “nonetheless not de-escalation.”
Host Kasie Hunt mentioned, “I’d like to begin by simply asking what you’ll say again to President Trump. President Trump mentioned in an interview {that a} softer contact is required. What do you say to President Trump?
Frey mentioned, “He’s proper {that a} softer contact has been required, the drawdown of each federal brokers in addition to the implementation of physique cameras, is clearly a step in the fitting route. That being mentioned, the continued presence of 2000 federal brokers in a metropolis that solely has 600 law enforcement officials remains to be not de-escalation. So we’ve got been very clear that Operation Metro Surge wants to finish, the restoration, peace of security and rejuvenation of small native companies all through our metropolis depends upon one fundamental factor, which is for ICE to depart. And in order that continues to be our place.”
Hunt mentioned, “Sir, how would you characterize. You say it’s not a de-escalation. What’s it? What does it imply that 700 of those brokers are leaving?”
Frey mentioned, “Effectively, clearly, there’s a deescalatory ingredient in case you are lowering the variety of brokers which can be on the road. That being mentioned, when you might have 2000 brokers which can be nonetheless right here, roughly 20 instances that which we had previous to Operation Metro Surge, that comparatively talking, no, is just not a de-escalation. And so we have to perceive the place we’ve got been, after which the place we have been simply a few months in the past, you understand, look, we’ve had ICE function in our metropolis for many years. We’ve had ICE function in our metropolis even throughout a Trump administration. And this isn’t about ICE doing regular ICE stuff. The objection is to ice pulling individuals off the road indiscriminately. It’s these roving bands that have been strolling by way of Minneapolis and concentrating on each Latino and Somali individuals, with out regard for whether or not any crime had been dedicated in any respect. The frustration, in fact, is available in the best way and the how individuals in our metropolis have been handled.”
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