Jacob Frey Told ICE to Get Out Then Admitted the Minneapolis Riots Were Designed to Stop ICE Nationwide

Jacob Frey stood at a podium the night Renee Good was shot and told federal agents to "get the f*** out of Minneapolis."

Now he's explained what he actually meant – and it was never just about Minneapolis.

He wanted to "stop ICE and Border Patrol in their tracks" across the entire country – and that admission may have just handed federal prosecutors exactly what they've been building toward for months.

Frey Said the Quiet Part Out Loud

"The goal here was not just to have ICE and Border Patrol leave Minneapolis and go to terrorize some other city," Frey said publicly on May 19. "The goal, and every single person felt it deeply, to stop ICE and Border Patrol in their tracks."

Read that again.

A sitting American mayor just described ICE agents as terrorists – then admitted in the same breath that his entire operation was designed to shut down federal law enforcement nationwide.

Federal statute 18 U.S.C. § 372 makes it a crime to conspire to prevent federal officers from discharging their duties.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche put Frey on notice back in January, telling Fox News the mayor's conduct was "very close to a federal crime."

That was before this admission.

The DOJ Investigation That Never Went Away

The Department of Justice opened a criminal investigation into both Frey and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz in January 2026.

Federal prosecutors subpoenaed Frey, Walz, and St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her as part of a conspiracy probe focused on whether their public statements crossed from protected speech into coordinated obstruction of federal immigration enforcement.

ICE data told the story of what that obstruction cost.

Minnesota jails and prisons were holding nearly 1,360 immigration detainers – violent criminals ICE was ready to remove – while Frey ran interference in the streets.

He ordered Minneapolis police to stand down and let protesters physically block federal agents.

He encouraged residents to call 911 whenever they spotted ICE officers – turning emergency services into a harassment operation against federal law enforcement.

He told agents to "get the f*** out" at a press conference while protesters were actively attacking them outside.

This Is What a Criminal Conspiracy Looks Like

The sanctuary city movement has been eroding federal immigration enforcement since the 1980s – but Frey took it somewhere new.

This wasn't passive non-cooperation.

This was a mayor deploying his city's political infrastructure to physically stop federal law enforcement from functioning – and then going on camera to brag about it.

The House Oversight Committee made the stakes plain during hearings on sanctuary obstruction: when mayors shield criminal aliens and refuse cooperation, federal officers get forced into dangerous street situations instead of secure jail transfers.

Agents get hurt. Criminals walk free. Mayors claim credit for "protecting the community."

Brad Lander ran the same play in New York City last September – physically blocking federal operations at 26 Federal Plaza. DHS arrested 71 agitators and politicians on the spot.

Frey watched it happen and kept going.

Now he's on tape explaining the strategy.

The Clock Is Running on Jacob Frey

Frey spent months hiding behind the word "peaceful" to describe riots that injured federal agents, destroyed property, and blocked lawful deportation operations.

He's done hiding.

His own words – "stop ICE and Border Patrol in their tracks" – sit on the public record, stacked on top of an active DOJ investigation, federal subpoenas, and a documented pattern of obstruction going back to January.

Trump's Justice Department didn't open that investigation to close it quietly.

The question was never whether Jacob Frey crossed the line.

The question is when someone finally makes him answer for it.

Sources:

• Amy Curtis, "Jacob Frey Admits What We Knew All Along About Anti-ICE Riots," Townhall, May 20, 2026.
• Alexandra Koch, David Spunt, Matt Finn, "Federal Prosecutors Open Investigation into Walz, Frey Over Alleged Impeding of Law Enforcement," Fox News, January 16, 2026.
• Madison Colombo, "Minneapolis Mayor Frey Refuses to Walk Back 'Get the F— Out' Message to ICE," Fox News, January 14, 2026.
• "DHS Statement on Sanctuary Politicians' Obstruction of Law Enforcement," Department of Homeland Security, September 18, 2025.
• Chairman James Comer, "Sanctuary City Policies Only Create Sanctuaries for Criminals," House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, March 5, 2025.
• "DOJ Subpoenas Walz, Frey, Her and Others in Probe Alleging Immigration Obstruction," CBS News Minnesota, January 22, 2026.