DHS Secretary Kristi Noem sends hundreds more federal agents to Minnesota
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that the government will send additional federal agents to Minnesota to protect immigration officers and continue enforcement operations amid rising tensions following the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen.
Noem told “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo that DHS will send hundreds more agents to Minneapolis on Sunday and Monday to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol agents to do their jobs “safely.”
“If they engage in violent activity against law enforcement, if they impede our operations, that is a crime and we will hold them accountable for those consequences,” he said, referring to clashes between some protesters and federal agents outside an ICE facility and the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building over the weekend.
The protests, which spread to other cities including Los Angeles, Portland and New York, came after an ICE officer fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, who DHS alleged “used a gun on her vehicle” and “attempted to run over a law enforcement officer.”
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People protest the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a rally in front of the Whipple Building on January 8, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Tim Evans/Reuters)
Video of the shooting became a political flashpoint; While some said it supported the government’s position that the agent acted in self-defense, others said the footage called into question DHS’s account and raised broader concerns about ICE officers’ use of force.
The shooting remains under federal investigation.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey wrote: in a column The New York Times stated that the Trump administration was pushing a “false narrative” about the shooting and demonizing Good.
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks at a news conference at City Hall on December 2, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, following reports that the Trump administration will target Somali immigrants in the Twin Cities. (Leila Navidi/Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)
“The chaos that ICE and the Trump administration brought to Minneapolis made this tragedy sadly predictable,” he wrote.
“I have viewed many videos from many angles, and it appears clear that Ms. Good, a mother of three, was attempting to leave the scene rather than attacking an agent,” he added.
Renee Nicole Good was shot by an ICE officer in Minnesota on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. (Donna Ganger/Facebook)
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DHS Deputy Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital on Thursday that since Operation Metro Surge began, DHS law enforcement has arrested more than 1,500 people across Minnesota, including murderers, pedophiles, rapists and gang members.
“Every day, our law enforcement officers risk their lives to apprehend the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens in American communities,” McLaughlin said. “We will not let the rioters slow us down in making Minnesota safe again, which Governor Walz and Mayor Frey REFUSED to do.”
