Minneapolis mayor slams ICE as ‘bullies,’ warns other leaders 'it will be your city that is next'

By Fox News · Fox News

Amid rising anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tensions nationwide, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey used the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C., on Thursday as an opportunity to urge other mayors to combat the Trump administration's federal law enforcement efforts , cautioning violence could come to their cities "next." "We are on the front lines of a very important battle, and it's important that we aren't silenced. That we aren't put down," Frey said. "This is not a time to bend our heads in despair, or out of fear that we may be next, because if we do not speak up, if we do not step out, it will be your city that is next." The blue city Democrat went on to say the presence of federal agents in Minneapolis "is that bad," claiming people's constitutional rights "have been trampled." "Thousands of federal agents have descended on a city that has 600 police officers," Frey said. "People have been indiscriminately pulled off the street. Discrimination takes place only on the basis of are you Somali, are you Latino or are you Southeast Asian. American citizens have been yanked away from their homes … solely because they looked like they were from Mexico or Ecuador or Somalia." BORDER CZAR TOM HOMAN VOWS TO STAY IN MINNESOTA ‘UNTIL THE PROBLEM’S GONE' He added crime is down in "virtually every category" and "virtually every neighborhood" in Minneapolis, blaming federal agents for making the city "less safe." "It is less safe when chaos reigns supreme," Frey said, arguing the federal presence has left families fearful of everyday activities. The mayor called on the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) to end "Operation Metro Surge" in Minneapolis, and immigration enforcement nationwide, alleging "never once" had he made the issue partisan. "This is not even about immigration. This is about silencing a narrative or a political position that differs from that of the federal administration," Frey said. "We've seen this kind of conduct in other countr…