US President Donald Trump published a statement in his personal Truth Social account in defense of ICE on Sunday evening.
“During the four years of crooked Joe Biden and Democrat failed leadership, tens of millions of illegal alien criminals poured into our Country, including hundreds of thousands of convicted murderers, rapists, kidnappers, drug dealers, and terrorists,” Trump wrote. The President used the argument to defend his government pledging to seal the border, which he said has been done.
“In the five Republican run States of Texas, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and Louisiana, ICE has arrested 150,245 criminal illegal aliens over the past year, with ZERO protests, riots, or chaos. Why? Because local police and ICE are cooperating and working together,” the US President said, in defense of ICE's actions.
He stated that the Democrat "sanctuary cities" and states would be “refusing to cooperate with ICE," which would result in illegal aliens being put above "taxpaying, law-abiding citizens." The US President declared that the Democrat decisions "have created dangerous circumstances for EVERYONE involved.”
Trump addressed the Minneapolis incident as a "tragic” event, blaming the “Democrat chaos” as the reason for the two American citizens' deaths.
“That is why I am hereby calling on Governor Walz, Mayor Frey, and EVERY Democrat Governor and Mayor in the United States of America to formally cooperate with the Trump Administration to enforce our Nation’s laws, rather than resist and stoke the flames of division, chaos, and violence,” said the US President, declaring a list of actions that should be taken in the US regarding the illegal aliens matter.
Trump called on the US Congress to end Sanctuary Cities, which he addressed as the source of the state’s problems with illegal aliens. “The Trump Administration is standing by, and waiting for ANY Democrat to do the right thing, and work with us on these important matters of MAKING AMERICA SAFE,” he concluded.
Pretti's killing moves further developments
Meanwhile, the Minneapolis case saw further development when the Democratic National Committee Chair, Ken Martin, accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of allegedly attempting to extort the state and its governor, Tim Walz, The Washington Post reported on Sunday evening.
The accusation came after Bondi sent a letter demanding state voter rolls right after the killing of Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol shot.
The move is “part of an ongoing campaign to undermine local elections and build a national database for Trump’s political revenge and retribution,” Martin said in a statement on Sunday. “The Trump administration thinks it can threaten and intimidate through violence and coercion, but they’re wrong. The DNC will stand with local elected officials and fight like hell, including in the courts, to protect our democracy and the rights of voters in Minnesota and across the country.”