Tom Homan Had Urgent Meeting With Trump That Has Minneapolis In Full Panic Mode
Minneapolis erupted after an ICE shooting and now Democrat officials are terrified.
Border Czar Tom Homan just sat down with Trump behind closed doors.
And Tom Homan had an urgent meeting with Trump that has Minneapolis in full panic mode.
Trump Considers Military Deployment To Minneapolis
President Trump threatened Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy U.S. troops to Minneapolis after violent protests erupted following an ICE agent's shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good.
The January 7 shooting sparked nationwide demonstrations, with Minneapolis seeing some of the most intense confrontations between protesters and federal agents.
Trump posted his warning after a second ICE-involved shooting occurred Wednesday night, where an agent shot and injured a Venezuelan national who assaulted the officer with a shovel and broom handle.
"If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don't obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT," Trump wrote.
Border Czar Tom Homan met with Trump to discuss the situation, sources told Just the News.
The meeting signals Trump won't tolerate Democrat mayors and governors who create chaos by refusing to enforce immigration law, then complain when federal agents have to do their job.
Good's death came one day after the Department of Homeland Security launched what it called the largest immigration enforcement operation in history, sending 2,000 agents to the Minneapolis area.
The shooting happened when ICE agents attempted to conduct enforcement operations and Good refused to comply with lawful orders.
Video shows agent Jonathan Ross had to make a split-second decision when Good began driving her vehicle erratically near federal officers.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey immediately attacked ICE instead of calling for calm.
"To ICE, get the f*** out of Minneapolis," Frey told reporters.
Governor Tim Walz made things worse by proclaiming January 9 "Renee Good Day" and accusing Trump administration officials of lying about the shooting.
Both Democrat politicians chose to side with protesters over federal law enforcement trying to protect the community from illegal aliens.
Trump Has Every Right To Deploy Troops When Local Officials Won't Maintain Order
The Insurrection Act dates back to 1807 and gives presidents clear authority to deploy military forces inside the United States to suppress rebellion or enforce federal law.
Trump would be using it exactly as intended – to restore order when state and local officials refuse to do their jobs.
Left-wing lawyers at the Brennan Center are already claiming it's an "abuse," but they said the same thing about every Trump policy that actually worked.
The law has been used about 30 times throughout American history, most recently in 1992 when President George H.W. Bush deployed troops to Los Angeles after the Rodney King verdict sparked riots.
President Eisenhower used it to enforce school desegregation when Democrat governors tried to block federal law.
President Kennedy used it when riots erupted over civil rights.
Now Trump's considering it because Democrat mayors like Frey are doing the exact same thing – defying federal law and letting violence spiral out of control.
Vice President JD Vance nailed it when he defended the ICE agents and called Good's death "a tragedy of her own making."
Vance pointed out the agent was protecting himself and "was just doing his job."
Minneapolis officials claim video doesn't back up federal accounts, but they're the same people who let their city burn during the George Floyd riots.
Their credibility on law enforcement is zero.
The real issue isn't what's on the video – it's that Good was interfering with a lawful ICE operation instead of complying with federal agents.
Homan's Operations Are Exactly What Trump Promised Voters
Tom Homan launched the massive Minneapolis operation as part of his promise to run "the biggest deportation operation this country has ever seen."
Since Trump took office, ICE has arrested approximately 400,000 illegal aliens, with another 1.6 million leaving voluntarily according to administration figures.
That's results Democrats can't stand because it proves Trump's approach works.
Homan told reporters his operations would be "well-targeted" and "humane," focusing first on criminals and national security threats.
The Minneapolis surge deployed 2,000 agents to one metropolitan area because the problem was that serious.
Minnesota has been a magnet for illegal aliens under Democrat leadership, with the state handing out benefits and protecting criminals from deportation.
Now protests have spread to dozens of cities nationwide, with left-wing agitators demanding ICE leave their communities.
Friday night in Minneapolis saw about 1,000 protesters gather downtown, with 30 arrested after some damaged hotel windows where ICE agents were staying.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem responded perfectly by sending "hundreds more" federal agents to Minneapolis over the weekend.
She made clear that violence against law enforcement won't be tolerated.
The escalation mirrors what happened after Charlie Kirk's assassination on September 10, 2025, when Trump took decisive action against domestic terrorism.
Trump designated multiple drug cartels and gangs as foreign terrorist organizations and deployed the National Guard to Memphis.
The Memphis deployment worked – federal troops restored order and violent crime dropped significantly.
Now Trump's ready to take the same approach in Minneapolis if Frey and Walz won't restore order.
The Posse Comitatus Act normally prevents military involvement in domestic law enforcement, but the Insurrection Act creates a clear exception for exactly these situations.
If Trump invokes it, active-duty troops would protect ICE agents conducting lawful deportation operations from violent mobs.
Democrat mayors and governors are already crying that cities would become "armed camps," but they said the same thing about every effective Trump policy.
Memphis proved them wrong – federal troops restored safety and then left when the job was done.
Trump made clear he won't let left-wing protests stop his immigration enforcement agenda that voters overwhelmingly supported.
Homan's meeting with Trump shows this administration is serious about backing up ICE agents who risk their lives every day removing criminals and illegal aliens from American communities.
When local Democrat officials won't maintain order, federal authority steps in.
That's not controversial – it's the Constitution working exactly as the Founders intended.
Sources:
- Just the News, "Tom Homan to meet with Trump on invoking Insurrection Act," January 16, 2026.
- ABC News, "Minneapolis ICE shooting updates: Protests remain peaceful despite arrests," January 13, 2026.
- CBS News, "ICE agent shoots, kills U.S. citizen Renee Good in south Minneapolis," January 8, 2026.
- CNN, "Minneapolis shooting, ICE agent's cellphone captures confrontation," January 9, 2026.
- Military.com, "Insurrection Act: How It's Been Used and What Trump Wants To Do With It," January 16, 2026.
- PBS News, "What is the Insurrection Act? Here's what Trump has said about using it," October 2025.
- Wikipedia, "Insurrection Act of 1807," January 16, 2026.
- Brennan Center for Justice, "The Insurrection Act, Explained," 2026.
