
<p>Yet another setback to the conservative hopes of cleaning up American cities unwrapped this month as the Trump administration announced a drawdown of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, MN, where leftist activists engaged in confrontation with federal (ICE) agents on the streets. While ICE still maintains a significant presence in the leftist haven of fraud and criminal outsiders, the announcement of “de-escalation” and pulling hundreds of ICE agents signifies an unofficial retreat from the mission of mass deportations.</p>



<p>The announcement of pulling 700 ICE agents came directly from Tom Homan, Trump’s Border czar, in the first week of February as he called the move “smarter enforcement, not less enforcement.” Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) cited Homan from his public address on February 4:</p>



<p><em>“For those who are not a national security threat or public safety risk, you are not exempt from immigration enforcement actions. If you’re in the country illegally, you are not off the table.”</em></p>



<p>But the announcement came as a blow to the spirit of conservative voters who wanted ICE to double down and not draw down on arresting and removing illegal aliens from every corner of America. The crackdown on these unwanted foreigners infesting the country was a visible indicator of the Trump administration fulfilling one of its key campaign promises. The decision to go soft on it amounted to a retreat in the public eye or, as America-First journalist Eric Spracklen put it, caving to the mob on the left.</p>



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<p>President Trump didn’t inspire much confidence either when he sat with NBC right after Homan announced his drawdown in Minneapolis and stated that he would need the mayor of a city or the governor of a state to ask his administration for immigration enforcement. Trump said he didn’t want to just go in and enforce immigration laws in a city and he would like to be invited there.</p>



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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NOW &#8211; Trump says he is adjusting his mass deportations policy to only go into cities if the mayors or governors ";ask"; and ";say please,"; adding, ";I don&#39;t want to go and force ourselves into a city, even if their numbers are terrible."; <a href="https://t.co/xji3FfEl42">pic.twitter.com/xji3FfEl42</a></p>&mdash; Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) <a href="https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/2019203189221065004?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>Expecting the same leftists who are committed to harboring these illegal imports from around the world so they can replace the conservative demographic and bring down the country to invite Trump for a clean-up sounds not only unreasonable but out of touch with reality. No wonder the liberals have cheered at the announcement as a victory for their side.</p>



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<p>Democrats are also fighting both on state and federal levels to defeat the Trump administration’s efforts of removing illegal aliens. In Minnesota, the Democrats have introduced a bill, HF 3435, before state legislature to restrict the entry of federal immigration agents in schools without presenting their identification documents and a judicial warrant. The Democrats in D.C. already have brought about a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Starting last Saturday, the shutdown of funding for DHS comes as Democrats are demanding changes in the way the Trump administration conducts its immigration operations in the country.</p>



<p>In a statement posted to its website on February 17, DHS denounced the Democrats for putting partisan politics over the safety of Americans. The statement said:</p>



<p><em>“Shutting down the DHS means cutting off resources and funding to FEMA, TSA, the Coast Guard, and thousands of federal law enforcement officers — the men and women who stand on the front lines of protecting our homeland every single day. Democrats’ reckless partisan games jeopardizing the safety and security of the American people in the name of scoring political points.”</em></p>

Instead of Doubling Down, Trump’s DHS Scaling Down in Minnesota
