‘A Political Defeat’: Why Trump’s Minnesota ICE Crackdown Backfired
February 21, 2026
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as posted by the channelAfter a historic general strike, a national shutdown, and weeks of protests and nationwide outrage, the Trump administration has called off Operation Metro Surge, the largest federal immigration enforcement campaign in recent U.S. history, which deployed thousands of ICE and Border Patrol agents to Minnesota. Dr. Ben Becker, labor historian and editor-in-chief of Breakthrough News, says the operation “was a political defeat for Trump,” showing the limits of federal power when communities organize to fight back against ICE terror.
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