Trump Sends Tom Homan to Minneapolis

Dispatching Homan to the scene is, it appears, an attempt to dial down tension and reset the mission.

Share this story

Tom Homan speaks to the media outside the White House in Washington, D.C., January 14, 2026.

Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

President Trump is upset over the appalling performance of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Minneapolis and is sending his immigration enforcement “czar,” Tom Homan, to take over federal operations there. I suspect this was a condition of the breaking news that President Trump and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had a productive conversation about the way forward.

The news of Homan’s assignment comes in the wake of news about internal government dissension, which was reported last night by Fox News’s Bill Melugin. Based on conversations with unidentified senior officials and other knowledgeable insiders, Bill related:

Comments

Advertisement

Advertisement