Walz says Trump will 'look into' reducing federal presence in MN. Live updates.

MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Monday said President Donald Trumpagreed to consider reducing the number of immigration agents in Minnesota and will ensure state investigators can independently probe the deadly shooting of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents. Walz's office said in a statement that he had a "productive" call with the president about an hour after Trump himself said the two were on a "similar wavelength." The comments mark a major tonal shift and come amid growing backlash after federal immigration agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis this month, including Pretti, an ICU nurse and who treated veterans, and Renee Nicole Good, a poet and mother of three. Republican lawmakers have increasingly called for investigations into the killing of Pretti as Democrats refuse to fund the Department of Homeland Security despite the likelihood of a government shutdown. Trump on Monday said he would send Homan to Minnesota to lead ICE operations on the ground. In Minneapolis, thousands of protesters braved subzero temperatures to decry the shooting and call for an end to the federal intervention. Meanwhile, a federal judge on Monday heard arguments over the legality of the ongoing immigration enforcement in Minnesota. Another judge will consider whether to extend an order barring federal authorities from "destroying or altering" evidence related to the deadly shooting of Pretti.