The Trump administration seems pretty determined not to let protestors and rioters own the streets of Minneapolis, and even less inclined to let the mobs have a heckler’s veto over federal immigration law. Minneapolis is now the Schwerpunkt of the ongoing roundup of illegal aliens, and now the Trump administration is surging another 100 U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents into the city to get things under control.
The Trump administration is deploying more than 100 additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and officers to Minnesota following the fatal shooting of a woman during an immigration enforcement protest, The New York Times reported Thursday.
Here’s the interesting part of this new deployment:
The Department of Homeland Security is shifting personnel from Chicago and New Orleans to bolster federal operations in the Twin Cities, the report said.
DHS is also pausing some activities in Chicago to support the Minnesota deployment and plans to transfer nonlethal equipment from Chicago to the region, the Times reported, citing documents it had obtained.
The increased CBP presence is expected to last through the weekend, with agents scheduled to return to their home stations on Sunday. DHS declined to comment on operational details.
Minneapolis, it seems, is now the focal point. If the Department of Homeland Security is taking agents from other areas, from other operations, to get the Twin Cities under control, it seems likely a very specific message is being sent: Whether a mob of urban liberals likes it or not, whether Mayor Jacob Frey likes it or not, whether Governor Tim Walz likes it or not, illegal aliens in Minneapolis and Minnesota in general are going to be tracked down, detained, and deported. That’s their job, and that’s a legitimate role of the federal government.