Walz and Frey ‘Better Back Down, or You’re Going to End Up in Federal Prison’: Mike Davis [WATCH]

A legal clash over immigration enforcement escalated during an on-air exchange between Fox News host Laura Ingraham and attorney Mike Davis, with Davis asserting that state and local officials have no authority to obstruct federal immigration operations and warning of serious legal consequences for those who do.

The discussion centered on ongoing tensions between federal immigration authorities and local leaders in Minnesota, particularly Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, amid heightened enforcement actions.

“This story might actually get a lot spicier for them,” Ingraham said during the exchange.

Davis responded by outlining what he described as the constitutional framework governing immigration law and enforcement, emphasizing that authority rests exclusively with Congress and the President, not with state or municipal officials.

“Under the Constitution our U.S. Congress writes our immigration laws on behalf of the American people,” Davis said.

“Congress decides who gets to come and who has to go, and the President has a constitutional duty to enforce those federal immigration laws.”

Davis said those laws represent the highest legal authority in the country and cannot be overridden by governors or mayors.

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“That is the supreme law of the lands and these local governors, these local mayors, cannot interfere with federal immigration enforcement,” he said.

He went on to argue that efforts by local officials to obstruct federal officers go far beyond policy disagreements and cross into criminal territory.

“That is, that is not only is it assault on federal law enforcement, you’re looking at insurrection and seditious conspiracy, along with harboring conspiracy in general and many other serious federal felonies,” Davis said.

According to Davis, the situation becomes especially serious when political leaders encourage public resistance or physical interference with federal officers carrying out their duties.

“When you are inciting people to commit violent acts to physically obstruct federal law enforcement,” he said.

Davis concluded his remarks with a direct warning aimed at Minnesota’s top state and city leadership.

“So I would say to Governor Walz and to Mayor Frey, you better back down, or you’re going to end up in federal prison,” Davis said.

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The exchange comes amid broader national debates over immigration enforcement and the role of state and local governments in either cooperating with or resisting federal actions.

While some Democratic-led jurisdictions have argued that immigration enforcement should remain solely a federal responsibility, critics contend that local leaders are actively interfering with federal law enforcement rather than simply declining participation.

Federal law establishes immigration enforcement as a national responsibility, with Congress empowered to set immigration policy and the executive branch tasked with carrying it out.

Legal experts have long noted that while states may choose not to assist federal authorities, actively obstructing or interfering with federal officers raises significant constitutional and criminal concerns.