JD Vance blames local officials ‘not cooperating’ with ICE for Minneapolis violence

Vice-president says number one thing' that would lower the temperature would be for officials to help facilitate reasonable enforcement of law'

JD Vance on Thursday put the onus on local officials to turn down the temperature" in Minneapolis, where federal immigration agents in recent days have detained a five-year-old child with his father and gassed protesters throughout the city.

Flanked by federal law enforcement, the US vice-president said he spoke with immigration agents and local business leaders ahead of talking to the press, but he had not spoken with the state's governor, Tim Walz. He said local officials could be helping ICE identify and arrest violent criminals so that the operation could be more targeted.