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“Border czar” Tom Homan announced an end to “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota on February 12, marking a defeat of the old-state’s mass deportation campaign.
In a short address, Homan characterized the Operation as a success for “not backing down from the promise of mass deportations” while justifying the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) campaign of terror on workers, immigrants, and activists.
Homan went on to praise DHS’s coordination with local law enforcement and collaboration with Democrat Mafia members Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frye, who provided political cover for the false victory. Homan also announced that a “small footprint” of federal agents would remain in Minnesota “for a period of time.”
The end of Operation Metro Surge comes after the DHS’s earlier tactical retreat in the face of mass rebellion that followed the execution-style murders of anti-ICE activists Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
On January 26, two days after federal immigration officers murdered Pretti, the Trump Administration removed Greg Bovino as “commander at large” of Metro Surge and replaced him with “border czar” Tom Homan. On February 4, Trump ordered a withdrawal of 700 law enforcement officers from Minneapolis.
According to monopoly media, an important factor that influenced the Trump Administration’s decision to demote Greg Bovino was because Bovino championed the “shock and awe” style mass deportations that led to growing mass resistance and disapproval of DHS operations.
The near-total withdrawal of DHS forces at the close of Operation Metro Surge comes as ultra-reactionary President Trump’s approval rating hit a new low at about 40%, according to various polls.
Operation Metro Surge, which targeted foreign-born and Spanish-speaking workers in Minnesota, was met with mass resistance since the operation began in early December 2025. The masses held demonstrations, organized rapid response networks, and hundreds of thousands of people participated in what organizers called “general strikes” on two occasions. Militant protesters directly confronted federal agents by disrupting hotels lodging DHS agents, erecting street barricades, seizing materials from DHS vehicles, and returning tear gas during hours-long street battles.
The DHS’s retreat from Minnesota is a people’s victory, demonstrating that the imperialists ultimately cannot win against the masses and their justified rebellion.
Image: An Anti-ICE Protest in Minneapolis, January 23, 2026. Credit: Lorie Shaull.
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