President Donald Trump weighed in again on the situation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as calls for accountability continue to grow following the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officer last week.
The Department of Homeland Security has alleged that the woman, Renee Good, was allegedly attempting to run over law enforcement officers when an ICE officer fatally shot her Wednesday morning -- a claim that local officials have disputed.
Trump doubled down on his immigration policy enforcement in the state and lambasted Democrats who have called out ICE for the tensions in the state.
Trump vows 'day of reckoning & retribution' for Minnesota Democrats
President Donald Trump has strong words for Minnesota Democrats in a social media post on Tuesday, where he claimed that they were causing unrest throughout the state due to their opposition to the president's immigration policies.
"All the patriots of ICE want to do is remove them from your neighborhood and send them back to the prisons and mental institutions from where they came, most in foreign Countries who illegally entered the USA [through] Sleepy Joe Biden's HORRIBLE Open Border's Policy," Trump said without providing more details.
President Donald Trump takes questions from the members of the press aboard Air Force One en route back to the White House, January 11, 2026 in Palm Beach, Fla.
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"FEAR NOT, GREAT PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA, THE DAY OF RECKONING & RETRIBUTION IS COMING!" he added.
-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa
Jan 12, 2026, 6:22 PM EST
Illinois also sues Trump administration over immigration enforcement
The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago have also sued the Trump administration, alleging in a lawsuit filed Monday that the Department of Homeland Security has been "causing turmoil and imposing a climate of fear."
The 103-page complaint alleges that Border Patrol agents were told to "push the envelope" on immigration enforcement and "have acted as occupiers rather than officers of the law -- randomly and brutally stopping and questioning residents, separating parents from their children, detaining without warrant or probable cause citizens and non-citizens alike, and using tear gas and other chemical weapons in urban environments against unsuspecting bystanders, injuring dozens including children, the elderly and local police officers."
Border Patrol agents leave after detaining a man working near Frederick Stock Public School during immigration enforcement operations, Oct. 31, 2025, in Chicago.
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The state and city allege that the deployment of Border Patrol has led to "catastrophic" results and is a violation of the 10th Amendment. The lawsuit further alleges that the "roving" enforcement policy is a strain on Illinoisans and that biometric screening has been used to target members of the public in violation of the Illinois constitution.
The lawsuit is asking a judge to prohibit Border Patrol from conducting civil immigration enforcement in Illinois and implementing biometric screening and roving enforcement, among other tactics.
-ABC News' Luke Barr
Jan 12, 2026, 5:29 PM EST
DHS: Minnesota is 'prioritizing politics over public safety'
In response to the lawsuit filed against the Department of Homeland Security over its federal deployment to Minnesota, the agency said Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is "prioritizing politics over public safety."
"Sanctuary politicians like Ellison are the EXACT reason that DHS surged to Minnesota in the first place," DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. "If he, Tim Walz, or Jacob Frey had just done their sworn duty to protect the people of Minnesota they are supposed to serve to root out fraud and get criminals off the street -- if they had worked with us to do it -- we wouldn’t be having this conversation in the first place."
"President Trump's job is to protect the American people and enforce the law -- no matter who your mayor, governor, or state attorney general is," she continued. "That's what the Trump administration is doing; we have the Constitution on our side on this, and we look forward to proving that in court."
Jan 12, 2026, 4:44 PM EST
Minnesota, Minneapolis, Saint Paul file lawsuit to stop ICE's 'federal invasion'
The state of Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security to end the "unlawful, unprecedented surge of the federal law enforcement agents into Minnesota," Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said at a news conference on Monday.
"Because this has to stop," Ellison said, standing alongside Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Saint Paul Mayor Kaohly Her. "We allege that the obvious targeting of Minnesota for our diversity, for our democracy and our differences of opinion with the federal government, is a violation of the Constitution and federal law."
People protest against the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, during a rally outside the Whipple Building in Minneapolis, January 8, 2026.
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The suit claims the surge amounts to a "federal invasion" to conduct unconstitutional stops and arrests at sensitive locations, including schools and hospitals, "all under the guise of lawful immigration enforcement."
"These poorly trained, aggressive and armed agents of the federal state have terrorized Minnesota with widespread unlawful conduct," Ellison said at the news conference.
The complaint alleges DHS is violating the 10th Amendment by its actions and follows a pattern of the Trump administration targeting Democrat-led cities.
The complaint also alleges that the administration is not using targeted enforcement and instead have been "conducting raids at job sites and businesses, detaining and deporting individuals while they perform essential work that directly benefits Plaintiffs’ communities."
"DHS agents also appear to be conducting general sweeps and detaining people within their path based on their race and ethnicity," the complaint said.
Homeland Security Investigations and Border Patrol stand guard, while an upside down U.S flag flutters, while demonstrators protest against the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent outside the Whipple Building in Minneapolis, Jan. 8, 2026.
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The complaint also alleges that businesses and schools in Minneapolis have been hurt by the federal surge, and the state claims DHS violated state law by staging immigration enforcement operations on state property.
The lawsuit asks a judge to preliminarily bar DHS from arresting individuals unless there’s "probably cause" to believe they have committed a crime. The suit also asks to prevent DHS from threatening physical force and brandishing weapons.
Notably, the lawsuit aims to prevent federal agents from "pointing firearms at individuals who are not posing an immediate threat of death or seriously bodily injury to another person."
