Did Tim Walz ask Donald Trump to work together? Minnesota governor, US president have ‘productive’ call over ICE protests

US President Donald Trump on Monday said that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz called following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in south Minneapolis by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday and requested that they work together.

Amid the growing tension with ICE after Renee Good and Alex Pretti's death, Governor Tim Walz gave Trump a call, and both described the call as "productive."


Pretti was fatally shot by Border Patrol on Saturday morning in south Minneapolis during a federal immigration enforcement operation on Eat Street. It was the third shooting incident involving federal agents since the start of Operation Metro Surge, and the second fatality.

What Trump said?

President Trump posted on Truth Social after the call: "It was a very good call, and we, actually, seemed to be on a similar wavelength. I told Governor Walz that I would have Tom Homan call him, and that what we are looking for are any and all Criminals that they have in their possession."


"The Governor, very respectfully, understood that, and I will be speaking to him in the near future. He was happy that Tom Homan was going to Minnesota, and so am I! We have had such tremendous SUCCESS in Washington, D.C., Memphis, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana, and virtually every other place that we have "touched" and, even in Minnesota, Crime is way down, but both Governor Walz and I want to make it better!" he added.

Walz office responded

Walz’s office said the call with President Trump was productive and that Walz argued impartial investigations into the Minneapolis shootings involving federal agents were necessary, and that the number of agents in the state needed to be reduced. The office said Trump agreed that the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension should be allowed to investigate Saturday’s shooting.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension was previously blocked by the Department of Homeland Security from the scene, despite having a warrant to be there lawfully.

Walz’s office provided the following statement to FOX 9: "The President agreed that he would talk to his Department of Homeland Security about ensuring the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is able to conduct an independent investigation, as would ordinarily be the case. The President also agreed to look into reducing the number of federal agents in Minnesota and working with the state in a more coordinated fashion on immigration enforcement regarding violent criminals."

Walz also reminded President Trump that the Minnesota Department of Corrections already honoured federal detainers by notifying Immigration and Customs Enforcement when a person committed to its custody was not a US citizen. Walz’s office said there was not a single documented case of the department releasing someone from state prison without offering to ensure a smooth transfer of custody.

President Trump was sending Border Czar Tom Homan to Minnesota to manage ICE operations, according to posts from the Trump administration on social media.