Operation Metro Surge has been in place in Minnesota for two months now. Those months have been marked by outrageous temper tantrums by radical activists on the far left. These theatrics, egged on by the Leftmedia and their Democrat politician overlords like Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, prompted two agitators to put themselves in situations where death resulted.

President Donald Trump sent Border Czar Tom Homan to Minnesota to calm the waters there. Walz attempted to twist reality by making it seem like Homan’s presence meant the leftists had won. On the contrary, Homan continued to oversee the job that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was sent there to do. And as we tentatively near the end (Homan just announced a drawdown of ICE personnel), the border czar has the long-overdue luxury of having procured cooperation from state and county law enforcement to detain criminal illegal aliens.

The biggest victory that Homan was able to report is that some 3,364 of Joe Biden’s missing unaccompanied minors have been found and rescued.

As one may recall, under the Biden administration, a tsunami of unaccompanied minors (300,000 is the estimate) was allowed through the southern border and given to anyone claiming to be a sponsor. Many of these children were funneled straight into human trafficking. As Homan pointed out, “The last administration lost and weren’t even looking for” these kids.

In light of the recent awful revelations from the Epstein files dump, leftists seem to think that calling Republicans the “Party of Pedophiles” is an accurate description. Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar felt brave enough to say of Donald Trump, “The leader of the Pedophile Protection Party is trying to deflect attention from his name being all over the Epstein files. At least in Somalia they execute pedophiles not elect them.”

The leader of the Pedophile Protection Party is trying to deflect attention from his name being all over the Epstein files.

At least in Somalia they execute pedophiles not elect them. https://t.co/xC3Ype3zXI

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) February 10, 2026

Conversely, it seems to me that the Democrat Party — and by extension Omar’s Somalia — is the number one protector of pedophiles, as Democrats are intent on stopping ICE from rescuing trafficked children that they let into the country to live a life of slavery and misery. Plus, the content in the Epstein files, comprising photographs and discussions of sexual perversion, seems to incriminate mostly left-leaning individuals.

When one considers that more than 3,000 of these missing minors were in Omar’s state alone, perhaps she should examine her own domain and Minnesota’s ruling Democrat Party before spouting off again.

The plight of these children should be shouted from the rooftops, and the protesters should be shamed to the ground for trying to stop ICE from doing its job, particularly this invariably noble part of the job.

ICE also arrested some 4,000 criminal illegals, with a fair number of child rapists among the bunch.

Homan announced that, with this mission’s success, he hopes to end Metro Surge as soon as next week. Yesterday, he explained, “With the success that has been made in arresting public safety threats and other priorities since this surge operation began, as well as the unprecedented levels of coordination we have obtained from state officials and local law enforcement, I have proposed — and President Trump has concurred — that this surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue into the next week.”

However, that all depends on the anti-ICE agitators. If they are going to continue making Minnesota unsafe, then ICE cannot pull out completely. “Since I have been here,” Homan added, “I’ve repeatedly emphasized that the unlawful and violent agitator activity is unacceptable and must wind down as a condition for further drawdown of law enforcement personnel. I cannot remove law enforcement personnel while violence poses a serious risk to our officers; I will not leave my officers in that position.”

Meanwhile, Governor Walz seems to have a vested interest in keeping the strife going (or at least federal money flowing). “The federal government needs to pay for what they broke here,” he demanded. “There [is] going to be accountability on the things that happened, but one of the things is, the incredible and immense costs that were borne by the people of this state. The federal government needs to be responsible: You don’t get to break things, and then just leave without doing something about it.”

This is absolutely comical and delusional. Why would the federal government send money to a state that is currently under investigation for defrauding taxpayers across the country of billions? I think Minnesota has received enough unwarranted federal monies for the time being.

As for Tom Homan and the rest of the Trump administration’s PR team, they need to continue talking about the children who are being rescued from human trafficking. Ensure that these agitators and the public at large understand clearly that these unaccompanied migrant minors’ lives and well-being are at stake. As many bad guys as ICE is catching, immigration enforcement agents are rescuing almost as many kids, too.