From Fox News:Border czar Tom Homan said Minnesota leaders should be grateful that the Trump administration made their state safer after some called on the federal government to reimburse damages they claim were caused during immigration enforcement operations.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey publicly requested federal funds after what they described as the major economic impact of recent immigration enforcement operations, while Homan argued the mission was a “great success” that made Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests safer and reduced sanctuary-style barriers to cooperation.
Frey claimed his city sustained “$203 million in economic impact in just January alone.”
Meanwhile, Walz called on the federal government “to pay for what they broke.”
The governor proposed a $10 million emergency relief package that allows small businesses to apply for forgivable loans, from $2,500 to $25,000. Eligible businesses would need to demonstrate “substantial revenue loss” during “specified dates” tied to the immigration crackdown called Operation Metro Surge.
Homan responded to the request during and interview Sunday on “Fox & Friends Weekend.”
“A lot of things were broken, but it wasn’t because of Trump administration,” Homan said. “The border — last four years, over 10 million illegal immigrants crossed that border. That was broken. Where were they then? Did Gov. Walz speak out against that, with the overdose deaths and the sex trafficking and… terrorists? No.”
“Their county jails weren’t working with us across the state. So, you know what? We fixed it,” he continued. “They ought to be saying thank you. The state’s safer because of that.”
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