Over the last week, the drawdown in Minnesota has taken place.
Even to the point that border czar Tom Homan announced that the immigration operation in Minnesota has been completed.
While many understood that to mean that all federal agents would be removed, that is not quite the case.
After the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Homan was sent in to clean up Kristi Noem’s mess.
Noem fired off attacks against Pretti after his death, which really set an already combustible situation into a raging inferno… enter Homan.
Homan immediately met with officials, calmed the waters, and then announced a significant drawdown.
Several days later, Homan announced that the mission had been accomplished and that federal agents would be leaving the area.
Gov. Walz and Mayor Frey have continued to try to politically take advantage of the situation, but now Walz is trying to play the tough guy, seeking to shake down the federal government for taxpayer dollars.
Walz wants $10 million to pay to businesses he says were impacted by the crackdown.
He stated, “The campaign of retribution by the federal administration has been more than a short-term disruption; it has inflicted long-term damage on Minnesota communities.”
He continued, “Recovery will not happen overnight. Families, workers and business owners are feeling the effects, and our responsibility is clear: we will help rebuild, stabilize these businesses, protect jobs and ensure Minnesota’s economy can recover and thrive.”
Walz’s request is almost comical when you consider how much money the state has lost to fraud, so I am sure that request will be denied, or at least it better be.
Homan also delivered bad news to Walz, announcing that a small force will remain in place.
He then added, “And they’ll remain for a short period of time, just to make sure the coordination, the agreements we have with local and state law enforcement stay in place and they respond to a public safety threat when needed. And so hopefully those security forces — security — a small footprint of security forces can remove — can be removed really fairly quickly.”
We all know the job was not done, and the agents left only because of how this situation was unfolding. I am glad Homan is leaving some agents behind to continue quietly addressing immigration issues in the state. But I have to wonder if this will turn into a powder keg again, since we all know the problem in that community isn't going away anytime soon.
