Frey tells mayors that Trump's 'Operation Metro Surge' needs to stop nationwide

Описание: (29 Jan 2026)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington, DC - 29 January 2026

1. Wide of Jacob Frey walking to microphone
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jacob Frey, (D) Minneapolis Mayor
"Minneapolis is a safe city. It is less safe when chaos reigns supreme. It's less safe if families do not feel comfortable going to school or buying food at the grocery store because they're worried that their very family might get ripped apart. It is less safe when we have roving bands of agents marching down the street just looking for somebody who might be concerned, and I've got to tell you, everybody is concerned when you have that kind of occupation. And so, we've been very clear, the Operation Metro Surge needs to end. This kind of conduct and siege needs to stop, not just in Minneapolis, it needs to stop nationwide."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jacob Frey, (D) Minneapolis Mayor
"What's become clear to me is this is obviously not about safety. This is not even about immigration. This is about silencing a narrative or a political position that differs from that of a federal administration. We've seen this kind of conduct in other countries. We cannot see it right here in America."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jacob Frey, (D) Minneapolis Mayor
"We are on the front lines of a very important battle. And it's important that we aren't silenced, that we aren't put down. This is not a time to bend our heads in despair or out of fear that we may be next, because if we do not speak up, if we do not step out, it will be your city that is next."
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jacob Frey, (D) Minneapolis Mayor
"People's constitutional rights have been trampled. Thousands of federal agents have descended on a city that has 600 police officers. 600 police officers and somewhere between 3,000 and 4,000 federal agents, ICE and Border Patrol. People have been indiscriminately pulled off the street. Discrimination takes place only on the basis of, are you Somali, are you Latino, or are you Southeast Asian? And then American citizens have been yanked away from their homes after that, solely because they look like they are from Mexico or Ecuador or Somalia."
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jacob Frey, (D) Minneapolis Mayor
"Mayors have that important role. I know that you will carry it out, and I cannot be prouder to be part of this tremendous team. And so, on behalf of all of these incredible Minneapolis residents that are going through a very difficult time right now, to say the least, thank you. On behalf of the next city and the city after that that may experience this kind of invasion, thank-you. We gotta hold rock solid. We cannot back down. Our cities, our mayors, are what will hold this democracy together. Thank you so much."
7. Wide of Jacob Frey walking off stage after remarks



STORYLINE:
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey addressed a gathering of mayors in Washington, D.C., telling them, "'Operation Metro Surge' needs to end. This kind of conduct and siege needs to stop, not just in Minneapolis, it needs to stop nationwide."

Frey said an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 federal agents have descended on a city that has a local police force of 600 officers.

"People's constitutional rights have been trampled," Frey said.

"People have been indiscriminately pulled off the street. Discrimination takes place only on the basis of, are you Somali, are you Latino, or are you Southeast Asian," he said.




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