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Minnesotans watched in disbelief as what officials call an unprecedented federal surge of DHS and ICE agents descended on the Twin Cities, prompting a lawsuit from the state and both Minneapolis and Saint Paul demanding the operation be halted. Local leaders framed the deployment as an occupying force, but ordinary citizens are witnessing neighborhoods turned into flashpoints where federal enforcement and street-level resistance collide.
Video and on-the-ground reports show chaotic clashes between federal agents, local police and crowds, with chemical irritants deployed and multiple arrests as authorities tried to clear streets and perform enforcement actions. Parents, workers and small-business owners are being forced to alter their days because protests and counter-protests make routine life dangerous and unpredictable.
Other footage making the rounds online is even more disturbing: agents allegedly smashing a car window and dragging a woman from a vehicle during a confrontation, a scene that has been used by critics to paint ICE as heavy-handed and by defenders as an example of the lawlessness unleashed by mobs. Whatever side you take, the optics of violence and chaos on city streets are a national embarrassment and a failure of local leadership to protect order.
Tensions exploded further after the shooting of a protester, an event that sent shockwaves through the state and prompted even the former president to threaten the use of the Insurrection Act if local officials would not restore order. When demonstrations turn violent and federal law enforcement is vilified instead of supported, the result is a dangerous vacuum that radicals rush to fill while decent citizens pay the price.
Megyn Kelly cut through the noise with a blunt cultural observation on her show, arguing that the root causes of a lot of modern rage and dysfunction are social and moral, not just policy-based, even quipping that one sign of societal breakdown is that “they’re not having sex.” Her point was unapologetically simple: when basic social bonds fray, the consequences show up as civic decay, rage and the collapse of common sense.
That kind of plain-speaking is exactly what this country needs instead of sanctimonious hand-wringing from elected officials who file lawsuits while ordinary people fear for their safety. Democrats running cities into the ground with soft-on-crime agendas and performative outrage create the conditions for federal backstops; then they turn around and litigate against the very agencies trying to hold the line. It’s hypocrisy on display, and hardworking Americans see it for what it is.
We should be clear: ICE agents are doing the dangerous work Washington refuses to do — enforcing the law, removing violent actors, and trying to keep communities safe. Attacking those agents in the street or politicizing their missions only encourages more lawlessness, undermining the social compact that keeps neighborhoods livable. If elected leaders won’t put public safety first, then federal action becomes necessary and justified.
Patriots who value order and decency must demand two things: leaders who will restore law and order in our cities, and a reassertion of the cultural norms that bind families and communities together. Vote for officials who will secure the border, back law enforcement, and rebuild the civic institutions that keep America safe — because without those things, the chaos playing out in Minnesota will spread, and no amount of litigation will bring back peace.
