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Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who has been a strong supporter of Trump's crackdown on immigration, said Monday the White House needs to "recalibrate" what it is doing in Minnesota.

Abbott spoke with conservative radio host Mark Davis and said immigration agents deserve respect as law enforcement.

Abbott said he believes the White House is working on a "game plan" for immigration agents to "go about their job in a more structured way to make sure that they are going to be able to remove these people, but without causing all the kinds of problems and fighting in communities that they are experiencing right now."

Abbott also blamed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor for not doing enough to calm the situation on the ground.

President Donald Trump said that he just had a "very good" phone call with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.

"Lots of progress is being made!" Trump said in a post on social media.

Frey said he "appreciated" the call with Trump, during which the mayor said he "expressed how much Minneapolis has benefited from our immigrant communities and was clear that my main ask is that Operation Metro Surge needs to end."

"The president agreed that the present situation cannot continue," Frey said in a statement on social media.

"Some federal agents will begin leaving the area tomorrow, and I will continue pushing for the rest involved in this operation to go," he added.

Trump said that border czar Tom Homan will meet with Frey on Tuesday "to continue the discussion."

The call follows Trump's phone call with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz earlier Monday.

U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez has ordered the Trump administration to respond to Minnesota's argument that Operation Metro Surge was created to "punish" the state for its sanctuary laws.

In the order, the judge is asking the government to address the state's claims that the operation was put in place to punish the state for adopting sanctuary laws and policies; coerce officials into changing state and local laws; compel the state to use its resources to share information with federal immigration enforcement; and force local authorities to use more resources to hold immigration targets in detention for longer than otherwise allowed.

The federal judge ordered the government to file the supplemental brief by Wednesday evening.

The order follows a hearing earlier Monday on Minnesota's request for a temporary restraining order to halt the Trump administration's immigration enforcement in the state.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 3, according to ranking Democratic member Sen. Dick Durbin.

"With all of the violence and deaths involving DHS, the Secretary is apparently in no hurry to account for her mismanagement of this national crisis. And she expects us to rubber stamp her record-breaking budget in the meantime," Durbin, D-Ill., said in a statement announcing the appearance.