Minneapolis live updates: ICE arrest powers expanded, memo says

ICE said Thursday it is still looking for a man they were trying to arrest who went into the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis earlier this week.

Officers were trying to arrest a national from Ecuador, according to ICE, identifying him as Jorge Miguel Bravo Uriles.

ICE said Bravo Uriles has previous arrests for sexual assault and assault and has been convicted of driving while intoxicated. ABC News has not independently verified the man's criminal record.

ICE alleged that while attempting to arrest him, Bravo Uriles fled into a nearby building and that the ICE officers were unaware it housed the consulate because it's "not clearly marked."

Video from inside the consultant showed what appeared to be federal agents at the entrance.

"At no time did the ICE officers enter the Consulate," an ICE spokesperson said in a statement. "The Consulate employees protected this public safety threat illegal alien. He is still at large."

-ABC News' Armando Garcia

President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet did not mention Minnesota or ICE during Thursday's cabinet meeting.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also did not speak during the meeting.

Trump did not take any questions from reporters at the end.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

"Under the president's leadership, we have the most secure border in the history of our nation," said border czar Tom Homan on Thursday morning.

When asked about how many Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents are currently operating in Minnesota, Homan did not give a figure but said that his main focus now is "draw down."

Homan claimed that 12,000 people per day were coming across the border illegally under former President Joe Biden, and said that the deployment of a large number of ICE agents was necessary to secure the border and manage the "humanitarian crisis."

Homan also called on state officials to "stand shoulder to shoulder with us" and to condemn "all unlawful actions against law enforcement," reiterating that the withdrawal of law enforcement "dependent on cooperation."

Tom Homan said in a press conference on Thursday morning in Minneapolis that while he didn’t agree with everything that state officials said in his discussions with them, there has been meaningful dialogue.

Since arriving in Minnesota, Homan has had meetings with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, both of whom are Democrats who've called for an end to the federal operation in the state.

"I don't want to see anybody die," Homan said. "Not officers, not members of the community, not the targets of operations.:

Homan said he hoped that "massive: changes will be coming to Minnesota, adding officers are performing duties in a "challenging environment" and said that hostility and hateful rhetoric must stop.