Trump border adviser Tom Homan clashed with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey after the Minnesota lawmaker claimed federal immigration enforcement operations were “not American.”
Homan pushed back during a Tuesday interview on “The Ingraham Angle,” after Frey insisted that ICE raids were “terrorizing certain groups” across the country.
“We’re going to enforce the laws of this country without apology, including in the Twin Cities,” a comment that marked the administration’s growing impatience with Minnesota leadership as immigration controversies deepen.
In the latest blow to the blue state, Minnesota’s troubled non-domiciled commercial driver’s license program is now under federal review.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy raised alarms Monday after an audit showed that roughly one-third of those specialized trucking licenses were obtained illegally.
Duffy called the findings an example of “foreigners taking advantage of Minnesota services” and signaled that federal patience had run out.
According to the Department of Transportation, Minnesota has 30 days to cancel the invalid licenses or face the possible loss of up to $30.4 million in federal highway money.
DOT Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Administrator Derek D. Barrs pointed out that Minnesota had been openly ignoring federal standards.
“Minnesota is openly and blatantly defying our rules, plain and simple,” Barrs said.
“Under the Trump Administration, states have two choices: meet our standards or face the consequences. Following the law is not optional.”
The pressure on Minnesota continued Tuesday when Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed during President Donald Trump’s ninth Cabinet meeting that half of the state’s visas are “fraudulent,” further escalating concerns about how the Walz administration has handled immigration-related systems.
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Noem argued that Governor Tim Walz had allowed large numbers of individuals into the state who “never should have been in this country” in the first place.
Fox News host Laura Ingraham noted how Minnesota taxpayers “are being ripped off,” alleging that significant amounts of state funds had been siphoned abroad, including money she said had been “sent to Al-Shabaab, a terrorist organization in Somalia,” as part of the many fraud schemes federal officials are now investigating.
During the segment, Ingraham pressed Homan about when ICE intends to make its presence “really known” in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metro area.
Citing reporting from The New York Times, she referenced claims that ICE is preparing an “intensive immigration enforcement operation” that would heavily target the region’s Somali population.
Homan declined to provide a timeline but acknowledged that the Trump administration is now prioritizing enforcement in Minnesota.
“Secretary Noem’s all over it,” he said before praising the president’s strategy. “I know I.C.E. and CBP and other federal agencies, the FBI, DEA, ATF. President Trump’s been a genius on this.”
“He brings the all-of-government to these operations. So if we arrest an alien with drugs, you got the DEA right there, who can prosecute the case before we deport them,” he continued.
“If you get them with a gun, you got ATF right there to prosecute the case before we deport them.”
Homan then criticized Minneapolis leadership for advising residents to call 911 if they encounter masked individuals whose identities are unclear, warning that they might be impersonating law enforcement.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara suggested potential kidnapping scenarios in such encounters.
“Shame on you,” Homan shot back. “Your number-one responsibility is the safety and security of your communities, and I.C.E. is targeting criminals, criminals.”
“So for you not to partner with I.C.E. to make your community safer is shameful,” he scolded.
“He ought to put his badge in the desk drawer and walk away because he stopped being a cop, became a politician.”
President Trump turned the spotlight further onto Minnesota during the same Cabinet meeting Tuesday, criticizing Somali migrants in the state and accusing them of placing heavy burdens on taxpayers.
Trump described a bloc of Somali arrivals as “garbage” who rely too extensively on public benefits, while also alleging that Somalia itself “is barely a country, where they run around killing each other.”
“When they come from hell, and they complain and do nothing but bit** — we don’t want them in our country. Let ’em go back to where they came from and fix it,” he added.
Trump also targeted Rep. Ilhan Omar, similarly calling the congresswoman “garbage” while arguing that some incoming migrants “aren’t people who work” or who want “to make this place great.”
.@POTUS tells it like it is about ungrateful Somali refugees amid the Minnesota fraud scandal:
"When they come from hell and they complain and do nothing but bitch — we don't want them in our country. Let 'em go back to where they came from and fix it." 🔥 pic.twitter.com/fuaAKP8VsW
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 2, 2025
He repeated earlier criticisms that he had leveled against Omar, accusing her of complaining about the U.S. Constitution and claiming she painted America as discriminatory and oppressive.
Omar scoffed at the attack in a post on social media shortly after, writing, “His obsession with me is creepy. I hope he gets the help he desperately needs.”
The president’s critiques come amid mounting evidence showing that leading members of Minnesota’s Somali community orchestrated extensive fraud schemes totaling more than $1 billion across programs meant to support autistic children, low-income families, coronavirus relief recipients, housing aid applicants, and the medically vulnerable.
The New York Times reported that several interconnected scams flooded Minnesota’s welfare infrastructure with bogus companies that billed the state for millions in nonexistent services.
Trump also seized on a growing scandal involving Governor Walz, calling him “a grossly incompetent man” and suggesting that something was “wrong with him” over the state’s failure to stop the proliferation of fraud schemes.
The Times reported that multiple individuals devised false companies that drained state programs of enormous sums.
Walz defended his administration in comments to the Times, arguing that the programs were designed “to move money to people” and that criminals “find the loopholes” in systems intended to provide essential support.
Nearly 500 employees from Minnesota’s Department of Human Services say they repeatedly warned Walz about massive fraud tied to members of the Somali community and accused him of retaliating against staff who sounded alarms.
Operating from an anonymous X account, the employees said, “Tim Walz is 100% responsible for massive fraud in Minnesota. We let Tim Walz know of fraud early on, hoping for a partnership in stopping fraud, but no, we got the opposite response.”
Tim Walz is 100% responsible for massive fraud in Minnesota. We let Tim Walz know of fraud early on, hoping for a partnership in stopping fraud but no, we got the opposite response. Tim Walz systematically retaliated against whistleblowers using monitoring, threats, repression,… https://t.co/cEtbnuKmgn
— Minnesota Staff Fraud Reporting Commentary (@Minnesota_DHS) November 30, 2025
They added that whistleblowers were targeted with “monitoring, threats, repression” and faced a “scary, isolating” environment.
The group also claimed that Walz weakened Minnesota’s Office of the Legislative Auditor and undercut monitoring systems that might have exposed wrongdoing sooner.
On Monday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent announced an investigation into whether Minnesota tax dollars were diverted to the terrorist group Al-Shabaab.
At my direction, @USTreasury is investigating allegations that under the feckless mismanagement of the Biden Administration and Governor Tim Walz, hardworking Minnesotans’ tax dollars may have been diverted to the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab.
Thanks to the leadership of… https://t.co/uillMknuXL
— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent) December 1, 2025
In a post on X, he wrote that his department is examining whether “hardworking Minnesotans’ tax dollars may have been diverted to the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab” under “the feckless mismanagement of the Biden Administration and Governor Tim Walz,” noting that the probe is moving quickly under President Trump’s direction.
