"The six-minute speech aired just hours after the Department of Homeland Security announced that Operation Metro Surge had resulted in 2,500 arrests across the state since last month. Federal officials said that roughly 800 Customs and Border Protection agents are now operating in the Minneapolis area, in addition to about 2,000 ICE and other federal agents already deployed in what the administration has described as the largest DHS operation in history."
"What's happening in Minnesota right now defies belief, Walz said, accusing the federal government of unleashing chaos and disruption and trauma on local communities. He argued the operation had long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement, calling it instead a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government. Donald Trump intends for it to get worse, he continued, citing the president's recent online promise that the day of RETRIBUTION & RECKONING IS COMING."
"The governor called that language a direct threat against Minnesotans who have voted against Trump and continue, he said, to stand up for freedom with courage and empathy and profound grace. Walz also urged residents to protest loudly, urgently, but also peacefully, and to document federal activity. If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record, he said, encouraging people to help create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans and to bank evidence for future prosecution."
The Department of Homeland Security announced Operation Metro Surge resulted in 2,500 arrests across Minnesota since last month. Approximately 800 Customs and Border Protection agents and about 2,000 ICE and other federal agents are operating in the Minneapolis area, described as the largest DHS operation in history. The operation was characterized as causing chaos, disruption, and trauma and reframed as organized brutality rather than immigration enforcement. A presidential online message promising "RETRIBUTION & RECKONING" was described as a direct threat. Residents were urged to protest peacefully and to record and document federal activity for potential future prosecution.
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