White House Accuses Minnesota Officials of Orchestrating Federal “Insurgency”

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller declared on Thursday that Minnesota officials are engaging in an “insurgency against the federal government” by obstructing immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis. Speaking on Real America’s Voice, Miller stated state leaders including Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Governor Tim Walz are attempting to fracture national unity through efforts to enact local immigration laws.

“We have one national currency, we have one national flag, we have one national Constitution, we have one national immigration law,” Miller said. “If you were to permit individual cities and states to ratify their own immigration laws for themselves, you wouldn’t have a republic and you wouldn’t have a country.”

Miller accused Minnesota officials of harboring unauthorized immigrants and inciting violent protests that have escalated in recent days. Tensions surged following two incidents last week: On January 7, ICE officer Renee Good was shot and killed after striking an agent with her vehicle; Wednesday night, a federal officer was assaulted with a shovel and broom handle during an arrest attempt.

The deputy also warned Minnesota leaders that President Donald Trump would deploy U.S. troops to address the violence if they continued supporting “professional agitators and insurrectionists” targeting federal law enforcement officers. Miller further accused local Democratic politicians of using force to override democratic processes, stating: “They use violence to override votes.”