'Trust Has Been Breached'

"Although Homan has acknowledged that the immigration surge in Minnesota has not "been perfect," his upbeat predictions of a smooth and swift détente seem to underestimate how much ill will the Trump administration's actions have caused among the state's politicians, activists, and residents. The killings of Good and Pretti--each followed by a Trump-administration push to denigrate the victims and box out local investigators--came against a backdrop of growing mistrust and frustration even among officials who have typically embraced partnership with their federal partners."

"The state and local officials meeting with Tom Homan, who was put in charge of the federal immigration operation in Minnesota this week, have generally agreed that their encounters have been cordial and productive, a welcome change from the militaristic approach taken by his predecessor. Homan has also cast these discussions in a positive light, expressing optimism Thursday that "commonsense cooperation" on immigration enforcement in Minneapolis will allow him to draw down the thousands of agents that have flooded the city for the past two months."

""One of the things that was exceedingly frustrating was the fact that they were putting out information that was just utterly and completely untrue," Minnesota Department of Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell told me."

State and local officials meeting with Tom Homan described their encounters as cordial and productive, marking a contrast with the previous militaristic approach. Homan expressed optimism that "commonsense cooperation" on immigration enforcement in Minneapolis would allow him to draw down the thousands of agents that have flooded the city. Local leaders exhibited little appetite for targeted, aggressive enforcement, especially after the shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents. Those killings and subsequent denigration of victims and exclusion of local investigators deepened mistrust and frustration among politicians, activists, residents, and some typical federal partners. Minnesota's prison system created a webpage to fact-check federal information.

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