Democratic mayoral candidate Omar Fateh of Minneapolis said in an interview that his first priority as mayor would be to protect “undocumented residents” from what he claimed was a “hostile federal government.”

Fateh won the endorsement of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party in July over Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis, making him the favorite to win the general election in the city. Fateh — when asked by a reporter — laid out his priorities in a clip posted to X on Monday, claiming President Donald Trump was causing concern for “our neighbors.”

“Day one, if you were elected, what would be some of your top two, three priorities for the city?” the reporter asked Fateh.

“So that’s a very good question,” Fateh said. “So the first, I would say, would be a hostile federal govern

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