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ICE has made a full blown mockery of the Bill of Rights. So, what's to consider?

The Wall Street Journal reports Trump Will Consider Reducing Number of Federal Agents in Minnesota

President Trump said he had a "very good call" with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a change in tone as the White House seeks to de-escalate turmoil in the state. The White House said Trump will reduce the number of federal agents in Minnesota if local officials there increase their cooperation with federal authorities.

Two key hearings in federal legal challenges related to immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis were taking place Monday. In one, a federal judge addressed a Minnesota lawsuit seeking to end what the state has called an unlawful surge of federal enforcement.

Key WSJ Points With My Comments

Trump declined to say whether the federal officer who fatally shot Pretti had acted appropriately. The White House said the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection are conducting investigations into the fatal shooting. [Because Trump is a bully and a coward ]

Trump said he is sending his border czar, Tom Homan, to Minnesota, signaling a potential change in immigration strategy. [Homan is a relative moderate compared to racists like Miller and Noem. But history shows that Trump always returns to Miller and Noem]

In a court hearing, Minnesota called Attorney General Pam Bondi's weekend letter a "ransom note." The letter contained a host of conditions in order to ease up the ICE surge—including access to the state's voter data. [Ransom Note is a great analogy]

FBI Director Kash Patel suggested that it was illegal for Alex Pretti to bring a gun to immigration-related protests in Minneapolis—a claim gun-owners groups contested. Carrying a handgun is legal in Minnesota, and local officials have said Pretti was a legal gun owner. [The backlash from Patel's and Bessent's hypocrisy was stunning]

Minnesota Calls Bondi Letter a Ransom Note

Telling it like it obviously is, Minnesota Calls Bondi Letter a Ransom Note

Minnesota on Monday called Attorney General Pam Bondi's weekend letter that made a host of demands—including for the state's voter rolls—a "ransom note."

"Another person has been shot dead in broad daylight by DHS agents," Minnesota state attorney Lindsey Middlecamp said in a court hearing over the state's request to block the immigration enforcement surge. "Instead of engaging with those facts, Attorney General Pam Bondi sent what can only be described as a ransom note."

She was referring to a Saturday letter from Bondi to Gov. Tim Walz, outlining three conditions Bondi said the state needed to meet in order to see the thousands of ICE agents who have flooded the Twin Cities ease up.

In addition to allowing the Justice Department's civil rights division to access voter data, Bondi also urged the state to share its records on Medicaid and Food and Nutrition Service programs with the federal government, so it can investigate potential fraud. She also told officials to abandon what she described as lax policies barring local police from cooperating with immigration enforcement officers.