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Minneapolis Mayor Calls for Nationwide End to ”ICE Siege”

HeadlineJan 30, 2026

On Thursday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey addressed the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington. He called for a nationwide end to what he called the ”ICE siege.”

Mayor Jacob Frey: “Never in a million years did I think that we would be in this place, where troops and federal agents by the thousands have been deployed on a great American city, where the Department of Justice is used as a weapon to silence dissent.”

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