Trump sends top official to Minneapolis after killing sparks backlash
The Hindu
Trump dispatches border security chief Tom Homan to Minneapolis amid backlash over immigration raids and recent protester shootings.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Monday (January 26, 2026) he is sending a top official to Minnesota as outrage grew over his administration's militarised immigration raids and the shooting dead of a second protester in Minneapolis.
Mr. Trump said that Tom Homan, his point man for border security, would arrive in the state later and "will report directly to me."
The high-profile assignment suggested that the 79-year-old Republican President is seeking to regain control over a rapidly deteriorating political and security situation.
Minneapolis has become ground zero in the clash between Mr. Trump and growing numbers of Americans over his nationwide immigration crackdown.
A federal judge in Minneapolis was to consider Monday (January 26, 2026) whether the deployment of federal officers — many of them masked, heavily armed and unidentified — violates the state of Minnesota's sovereignty.
And in Congress, Democrats are threatening to hold up funding for the U.S. government unless immigration enforcement agencies are reformed.
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