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‘A Political Defeat’: Why Trump’s Minnesota ICE Crackdown Backfired

After 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.

“Trump is not infallible.”

The White House likes to projects dominance, but “Operation Metro Surge” forced a retreat.

WATCH Ben Becker on how Minnesota’s collective action turned a federal occupation into a “political defeat” for Trump:

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Rania Khalek

Rania Khalek is an award-winning Lebanese-American journalist and host of Dispatches on Breakthrough News, where she investigates the global consequences of imperialism, war, and systemic oppression. With over a decade of frontline reporting from conflict zones and marginalized communities, her work has been featured in The Nation, The Intercept, Al Jazeera, FAIR, and The Electronic Intifada, where she served on the editorial board.

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