The Minneapolis Star Tribune is reporting that Vice President JD Vance will travel to Minnesota on Thursday.
The vice president will hold what's being called a "roundtable with stakeholders" as the sparring between leaders in the Twin Cities continues with the feds over a growing occupation of federal immigration officers, along with clashes between them and protesters over the last few weeks.
No other details are being reported about the so-called roundtable, or who those stakeholders will be.
WCCO Political Analyst Blois Olson says this could be a step towards finding common ground with local officials.
"I think he'll be here for the day. I think it is an effort to try to find a way forward, with relation to the presence of ICE and Homeland Security in our community," says Olson. That's my sense. That's what my sources are telling me."
This will be the second visit to Minnesota for Vance in the last six months. He visited the state following the tragic mass shooting at Annunciation Church last year.
Confrontations with federal officers over their massive immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota showed no signs of stopping Wednesday. And legal battles over the surge and the local response were also intensifying.
Federal prosecutors served grand jury subpoenas Tuesday to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's office and five other officials in the state as part of an investigation into whether they obstructed or impeded law enforcement during a sweeping immigration operation in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, a person familiar with the matter said.
The subpoenas, which seek records, were also sent to the offices of Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her and officials in Ramsey and Hennepin counties, the person said.