Jewish mayor of Minneapolis returns to the spotlight after deadly ICE shooting
JTA — Minneapolis’ Jewish mayor Jacob Frey is once again in the spotlight after he delivered a heated message to federal immigration forces on Wednesday after an ICE officer shot and killed a 37-year-old woman: “Get the f–k out of Minneapolis.”
“There is little I can say again that will make this situation better, but I do have a message for our community, for our city, and I have a message for ICE,” said Frey. “To ICE, get the f–k out of Minneapolis. We do not want you here.”
Frey’s comments came shortly after an ICE agent fired into a car during a confrontation, killing a 37-year-old Renee Good, a US citizen.
While US President Donald Trump and other administration officials have claimed that the shooting was an act of self-defense and that Good tried to run over the ICE agent with her car, viral video of the incident does not show her car hitting the agent or driving toward him.
The incident comes as the Trump administration has announced the deployment of 2,000 federal agents and officers to the Minneapolis area amid a crackdown on illegal immigration and allegations of fraud.
“Your stated reason for being in this city is to create some kind of safety, and you are doing exactly the opposite. People are being hurt. Families are being ripped apart,” continued Frey at the new........
