In court, Department of Justice attorneys have cast the operation as federal law enforcement filling in the "gap" between U.S. immigration law and Minnesota's policies that limit what information local law enforcement shares with federal immigration agents. Minnesota officials have refused to hand over information, saying they feared it would be used to target people for immigration enforcement. State officials have also pointed to Trump's comments about Walz and claims that Trump won the majority of votes in Minnesota. Trump said normally he would support sharing evidence, but he accused Minnesota officials of being "corrupt" and attacked Walz as "incompetent." "FEAR NOT, GREAT PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA," Trump wrote.