"While the details of the contemplated agreement are not clear, border czar Tom Homan's remarks on Thursday morning and reports of his negotiations with state and local leaders suggest dialing back Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is contingent on striking an agreement for increased cooperation between federal and local law enforcement: Minnesota must agree to participate in ICE roundups by turning over undocumented immigrants in its custody, ending various sanctuary city protections,"
"A letter from Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, sent earlier this week went even further and suggested the justice department's civil rights division might be demanding access to state voter rolls in exchange for the ICE drawdown. Trump's offhand remark Thursday evening denying plans to draw down ICE confused matters by contradicting Homan's statement from earlier in the day but perhaps that was just an indication that negotiations on Thursday did not go all that well for Team Trump."
"If Walz were to agree to such terms concessions literally extracted at gunpoint under threat of continued use of unlawful force by federal immigration agents he would be abandoning critical domains of state autonomy for the fruitless attempt to appease a president that will accept no limits except those forced upon it by necessity or recommended to it by self-interest."
President Trump sought concessions from Minnesota Governor Tim Walz in exchange for reducing federal ICE operations in the state. Negotiation terms reportedly included Minnesota participation in ICE roundups, transferring undocumented immigrants in state custody to federal agents, ending sanctuary protections, and granting ICE broader access to state penitentiaries. A Justice Department letter reportedly suggested the civil rights division might request access to state voter rolls. Border czar Tom Homan publicly linked any drawdown to a cooperation agreement, while Trump later denied planned reductions. Accepting the terms would cede significant state autonomy and respond to coercive federal pressure.
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