NOW – Trump on Minnesota ICE operations: "We're gonna de-escalate a little bit." pic.twitter.com/g13vcV2Ow1
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) January 27, 2026
The administration retreated Monday from the position it staked out over the weekend.
Politico Playbook framed Kristi Noem’s sidelining as “nothing short of a public humiliation.” Greg Bovino — whose military-style coat and combative press conferences became the visual signature of the Minneapolis operation — was stripped of his “commander at large” title. The Atlantic’s Nick Miroff reported Bovino will return to his former post in El Centro, California, where he’s expected to retire…
CNN reports DHS suspended Bovino’s access to his social media accounts effective immediately. He had used X to troll critics, share mugshots of arrested immigrants, and publicize his cable news appearances. Over the weekend, he was still scrapping with lawmakers online, accusing Alex Pretti of assaulting officers — a claim the video doesn’t support. They didn’t just sideline him operationally. They took away his megaphone…
Politico’s Dasha Burns noted the tactical shift on Fox & Friends Monday morning, citing CNN’s Brian Stelter: Brian Kilmeade “repeatedly called for Homan to be sent to Minneapolis throughout the course of the show. Homan was deployed 20 minutes later.” Stelter added that Maria Bartiromo’s weekend criticism was key to Trump’s thinking…
Donald Trump is facing a revolt from his most loyal MAGA supporters over fears the largest mass deportation effort in US history could unravel within the next 24 hours amid talks to wind down operations in Minneapolis.
The arrival of White House Border Czar Tom Homan on the scene may be a relief to rank-and-file ICE agents who increasingly see Kristi Noem as a haphazard leader.
But there’s now a palpable fear among Trump’s most fervent supporters that the leadership swap could foretell a significant change in immigration strategy and lead to capitulation to the left.
Homan’s top priority, according to sources, will be coordinating negotiations between Minnesota Democratic state leaders and the White House in the wake of an agent’s killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti.
Immigration hardliners warn that any deal by Homan that leads ICE agents to scale back their presence in Minnesota will be seen as a collapse of Trump’s mass deportation agenda and a win for liberal protesters.
These concerns come after Trump said in a Fox News interview on Tuesday that Homeland Security would ‘deescalate a little bit’ in Minneapolis.
Mike Howell, president of the Oversight Project and a longtime ally of Homan who has just been sent to Minnesota, is praying that his longtime friend won’t strike any deal with the Democrats who run the state. Howell has a longstanding professional relationship with Homan that goes back years over their shared views on immigration.
Rather, he said, Homan should hold the line and even surge more forces into the Twin Cities to avoid handing protesters a victory that could spell the end of the movement.
‘The mass deportation agenda could be completely wound back within the next 24 hours,’ Howell told the Daily Mail on Tuesday.
It’s unclear what Homan’s strategy will be during his negotiations with Democratic leaders and the ultimate decision will be left for Trump to decide.
A source close to the White House warned that if Trump blinks on mass deportations it would be the ‘biggest betrayal’ of Republican voters since George H.W. Bush broke his no-new-taxes promise and watched his presidency unravel in 1993.
‘If Trump backs down on deportations, he might as well pack it in. It will be the biggest betrayal to the base since George HW Bush raised taxes,’ the White House insider told the Daily Mail.
NEW — Rep. Ilhan Omar was just charged by a man at a town hall event in Minneapolis. Crowd says he "sprayed her" with something.
You can hear Omar demand to continue the town hall — and she's back to speaking now from the podium. pic.twitter.com/4OpSWHo0Z9
— Jay O'Brien (@jayobtv) January 28, 2026
A man who confronted Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. at a Minneapolis town hall meeting on Tuesday and tried to spray her with a substance was arrested and placed in police custody.
Omar, who has faced a barrage of near-daily attacks from President Donald Trump, had called for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be abolished and for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign or face impeachment moments before the man lunged toward her.
The suspect, named in the Hennepin County Jail roster as Anthony James Kazmierczak, 55, was arrested on suspicion of assault but has yet to be formally charged.