Minnesota ICE live updates: Trump claims Ilhan Omar ‘probably had herself sprayed’ after attack at Minneapolis town hall

Representative Ilhan Omar has thanked her constituents who “rallied behind me” after she was sprayed with an unknown substance at a Minneapolis town hall Tuesday night.

Chad Wolf, who served as acting secretary for the Department of Homeland Security during President Donald Trump’s first term, said he “would not have” called Alex Pretti a domestic terrorist.

After Pretti was fatally shot in a confrontation involving Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis over the weekend, the current DHS Secretary Kristi Noem called him a “domestic terrorist,” without providing evidence.

When asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins whether he would have called Pretti a domestic terrorist, Wolf said, “I would not have made that comment.”

After Representative Ilhan Omar was sprayed by an unknown substance at a Minneapolis town hall Tuesday night, Mayor Jacob Frey called the incident “Unacceptable.”

“Violence and intimidation have no place in Minneapolis. We can disagree without putting people at risk,” he wrote on X. “I’m relieved Rep. @Ilhan Omar is okay and appreciate MPD [Minneapolis Police Department] for responding quickly. This kind of behavior will not be tolerated in our city.”

President Donald Trump said that Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, “probably had herself sprayed” after she was doused with an unknown substance during a Minneapolis town hall on Tuesday.

When asked by an ABC News reporter whether he had seen a video of the incident, the Republican president responded, “No. I don’t think about her. I think she’s a fraud. I really don’t think about that.”

“She probably had herself sprayed, knowing her,” Trump added.

Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee have appeared to suggest that President Donald Trump is to blame after a man sprayed Congresswoman Ilhan Omar with an unknown substance at a Minneapolis town hall Tuesday night.

“Trump attacks Rep. Omar every day for doing her job instead of doing his own. Now a violent, deranged man assaulted her at a town hall. It’s not a coincidence,” the Democrats wrote on X.

The president has repeatedly criticized Omar, calling her “garbage” as he targets Somali immigrants in Minnesota.

Most recently, Trump said in a speech in Iowa earlier Tuesday that immigrants “have to be proud, not like Ilhan Omar” to enter the country.

A woman who filmed the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti at the hands of Border Patrol has said she still has not been contacted by the federal government.

When asked in an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper what that tells her about the situation, Stella Carlson said, “That they’re protecting themselves and they don’t care about the truth of what happened.”

The Department of Homeland Security said Pretti approached federal officers with a handgun in Minneapolis over the weekend and that, “fearing for his life,” an agent fired “defensive shots.” Footage of the incident appears to show Pretti with a phone in his hand, not a gun. A gun was tucked into his waistband, according to the footage.

A review by Customs and Border Protection’s internal watchdog did not say that Alex Pretti brandished a gun during a confrontation with federal agents that resulted in his death, according to an email sent to Congress that was reviewed by The New York Times.

Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, was fatally shot by Border Patrol in Minneapolis over the weekend.

The Department of Homeland Security said a person approached officers with a handgun during a targeted operation against an “illegal alien wanted for violent assault.” According to footage of the incident, Pretti had his gun tucked in his waistband.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has called for every single Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent to leave Minnesota immediately.

“Alex Pretti did not deserve to die. Renee Nicole Good did not deserve to die,” Schumer wrote on X Tuesday, referring to the two fatal shootings involving federal immigration agents in Minneapolis this past month. “Enough is enough. ALL of ICE out of Minnesota now.”

Schumer has also signaled he will not support a House-passed spending bill to keep the government open because of the funding it gives to the Department of Homeland Security.

“I will vote no on any legislation that funds ICE until it is reined in and overhauled, and Senate Democrats are overwhelmingly united on this issue,” he said on the Senate floor Tuesday.