Minneapolis mayor says ICE’s unconstitutional conduct met with peaceful protests

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey insisted protests across the city remained “peaceful” following the fatal shooting of Renee Good during an exclusive interview with “Fox & Friends.”

“Maybe tens of thousands of people protested peacefully in the streets,” Frey said in an interview that will air Wednesday on “Fox & Friends.” “And at the same time, yes, they will defend their neighbors.”

The mayor addressed the aftermath of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent.

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Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks during a news conference at City Hall on January 9, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Good was shot and killed during an interaction with an ICE officer last Wednesday. Since then, protests have erupted in Minneapolis and across the country. Local officials such as Frey criticized the officer’s actions. Meanwhile, federal officials, including members of the Trump administration, have strongly supported ICE and said the agent acted in self-defense and called Good’s actions that led to the shooting an “act of domestic terrorism.” Several Democrats rejected this claim of self-defense.

Mayor Frey said he does not support abolishing ICE, although Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for its intensified immigration enforcement operations.

“I don’t support abolishing ICE,” Frey said. “However, I absolutely object to the way this administration is behaving toward us.”

Frey noted that while Minneapolis has experienced ICE operations before, the current influx of federal agents is excessive, especially compared to the city’s relatively small police force.

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“Right now, there are about 3,000 federal ICE agents in our city between ICE and Border Control,” Frey explained. “Do you know how many police officers we have? 600.”

A crashed car at the scene where an ICE agent shot Renee Good. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

“The kind of strain that our city is experiencing because of this is amplified,” he added.

The mayor accused ICE of “unconstitutional conduct” and blamed the Trump administration for what he described as aggressive immigration enforcement tactics.

Renee Nicole Good moments before being shot and killed by a federal agent in Minneapolis. (Obtained by Fox News)

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“ICE is not new, our separation order in the city is not new,” Frey said. “ICE has been around for decades, and so has our separation order. What’s new? What’s new is the way the Trump administration is behaving right now.”

Tune in to Fox News on Wednesday to watch the full interview with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on “Fox and friends”.