President Donald Trump said Monday that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called him to request cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, a move Trump described as productive and cooperative despite Walz’s prior public opposition to Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the state, as reported by The Blaze.
Trump disclosed the phone call in a post on Truth Social after rioting escalated in Minneapolis following another lethal shooting over the weekend.
In the post, Trump said crime levels were improving but emphasized that both leaders wanted to do more.
“Governor Tim Walz called me with the request to work together with respect to Minnesota. It was a very good call, and we, actually, seemed to be on a similar wavelength… Crime is way down, but both Governor Walz and I want to make it better!” – President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/ZjrSDU8uAz
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 26, 2026
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“Governor Tim Walz called me with the request to work together with respect to Minnesota. It was a very good call, and we, actually, seemed to be on a similar wavelength,” Trump wrote.
The president added that he informed Walz he would have Tom Homan, the Border Czar, contact him directly. According to Trump, the focus of federal efforts would be on identifying and removing criminal offenders.
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“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,” Trump said.
“The Governor, very respectfully, understood that, and I will be speaking to him in the near future.”
Trump said Walz was “happy” that Homan was being sent to Minnesota. Earlier on Monday, the president announced that he was dispatching Homan to oversee ICE operations in the state amid unrest and concerns tied to public safety.
Trump also referenced prior decisions to send federal troops to Washington, D.C., Memphis, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana, pointing to those deployments as part of broader federal responses to crime and disorder.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Homan would also be examining a large-scale fraud scheme in Minnesota as part of his visit.
Trump reiterated his view on crime trends, writing, “Even in Minnesota, Crime is way down, but both Governor Walz and I want to make it better!”
Walz later confirmed the phone call in his own social media post, offering a different framing of the discussion.
“I spoke to the President earlier. We had a productive conversation, and I explained to him that his staff doesn’t have their facts straight about Minnesota,” Walz wrote.
The governor also shared a link to an op-ed he published in The Wall Street Journal defending his administration against accusations that Minnesota had failed to honor ICE detainers.
I spoke to the President earlier. We had a productive conversation and I explained to him that his staff doesn’t have their facts straight about Minnesota. My thoughts in the Wall Street Journal:https://t.co/Prlt2mu8Bx pic.twitter.com/XFJyv6V1yH
— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) January 26, 2026
Walz has previously argued that state and local authorities have followed the law while pushing back against what he has characterized as federal overreach in immigration enforcement.
The exchange highlights a moment of coordination between the White House and a Democratic governor amid heightened tensions over immigration policy, public safety, and federal involvement following unrest in Minneapolis.
While Trump emphasized cooperation and alignment on enforcement priorities, Walz maintained that disagreements remain over how immigration laws are applied in Minnesota.
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