The former teacher and coach announced on January 5 that he would not seek a third term as governor. But in an interview on Wednesday with the cable news channel MS Now, Walz ruled out any future political ambitions. Deportation raids in Minnesota began in early December, when the Trump administration launched "Operation Metro Surge", deploying ICE and Border Patrol agents to the Minneapolis–St. Trump in November had described Minnesota as a "hub of fraudulent money laundering activity" under Walz. The shootings drew criticism of the Trump administration from Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and other Democrats.