President Donald Trump's crackdown in Minneapolis is drawing to a close with thousands of missing migrant children found, and illegal immigrants arrested, officials said. (John Moore/Getty Images; Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
Emmer, who has emerged as one of Trump's most outspoken congressional allies during his second White House term, is also an aggressive critic of his state's Democratic leadership.
He accused Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and state Attorney General Keith Ellison of rooting against the success of the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
"Their crazy sanctuary state and sanctuary city policies literally have allowed these criminals to roam our streets and put our law-abiding, tax-paying, American citizens' — good Minnesotans' — lives at risk," Emmer said.
Trump ordered a surge of federal law enforcement, primarily Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to the progressive-run city in a bid to find and arrest illegal immigrants that have been shielded by its sanctuary policies.
Minneapolis police in tactical gear arrive on the street in downtown Minneapolis as protesters gather on Jan. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)
Trump had responded to the uproar by replacing federal leadership there, bringing in border czar Tom Homan to lead the government effort instead of Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino. Homan's appointment has been praised by Republicans.
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Emmer said Homan took a "great step" in announcing the drawdown on Thursday, arguing "the numbers speak for themselves."
"I think what the administration has done is frankly excellent. Tom Homan, I think, announced … that Operation Metro Surge was successful and that they're going to be ending it and the president approved of that, which tells me that they're getting the cooperation that they need [from state and local authorities]," he said.
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