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Minnesotans woke this week to scenes that should unsettle every American who believes in law and order. A federal surge of ICE and DHS personnel, ordered after suspected criminal activity around the Twin Cities, sparked mass demonstrations that tipped into vandalism and confrontations near Minneapolis neighborhoods. The flashpoint was the tragic shooting of Renee Nicole Good during an enforcement action, an event that has inflamed passions and hardened lines between those who want secure borders and those who want to shut down enforcement entirely.
Make no mistake: the mobs that gathered were not simply grieving citizens exercising peaceful dissent. Reporters and residents captured aggressive behavior toward federal officers, destruction of property, and explicit threats aimed at the very officials trying to enforce the law. When protesters chant and vandalize in the name of resistance, they cross the line from civic engagement into anarchy, and public officials who coddle that behavior are on the wrong side of responsibility.
Secretary Kristi Noem and the Department of Homeland Security acted like the adults in the room, insisting that federal officers would remain where they are needed to do the difficult job of protecting communities and enforcing immigration law. For months the border and sanctuary-city policies have invited a migration of criminality, and predictable consequences follow when enforcement is pulled back and politics takes over policing. Conservatives should make no apology for defending officers in harm’s way and for demanding that lawful deportations and fraud investigations proceed without intimidation.
President Trump’s warning that he may invoke the Insurrection Act is bold but appropriate in the face of sustained efforts to obstruct federal operations and threaten federal personnel. When state and local leaders refuse to secure public safety, the Constitution gives the national government the duty to ensure the laws are faithfully executed. The Insurrection Act is not about tyranny; it is about preserving order and protecting the men and women who put their lives on the line to keep our neighborhoods safe.
Predictably, the ACLU and other left-wing legal operatives have filed suit against the administration, turning courtroom theater into a weapon for political advantage. Lawsuits should not be a free pass to mob rule or a way to criminalize routine enforcement because it’s unpopular in certain precincts. Courts ought to focus on facts and due process, not become staging grounds for anti-law-enforcement campaigns bent on unraveling the basic functions of government.
Now is the moment for patriots to stand up for the rule of law and for leaders who will do the hard work of securing our communities. Demand that mayors and governors stop cheering on chaos and start doing their jobs, and support officials who refuse to be bullied by radicals intent on shutting down lawful operations. If Washington must step in to protect federal agents and restore order, so be it — a nation that cannot enforce its laws is a nation that cannot survive.
