Since President Trump returned to office and moved quickly to secure the border and enforce immigration law, Democrats have responded with outrage, protests, and increasingly extreme rhetoric. Few states have embodied that meltdown more than Minnesota.
Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have repeatedly lashed out at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with both comparing federal immigration officers to the “gestapo” and accusing them of committing “atrocities” while telling them to get out of the state.
BREAKING: Mayor Frey tells ICE "get the fck out of Minneapolis" or more will be kiIIed pic.twitter.com/vfWryQWL7n
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 7, 2026
TIM WALZ: "If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record."
"Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution." pic.twitter.com/V7fCMY3WZ1
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 15, 2026
“Gestapo.” “Atrocities.” That’s the language.
Now contrast that with what was just announced.
Border czar Tom Homan delivered remarks today confirming that the recent ICE surge is winding down. But buried inside that update was a number that deserves national attention. According to Homan, ICE agents located and rescued over 3,300 missing and endangered children who had crossed the border under the previous administration.
Over 3,300 children.
"ICE here in this state have located 3,364 missing unaccompanied alien children — children that the last Administration lost and weren't even looking for," says @RealTomHoman in Minnesota.
"That's because of the leadership of President Trump [that] these children were located." pic.twitter.com/iKeBcZsXPk
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 12, 2026
That does not sound like “Nazis.” It does not sound like “gestapo.” It sounds like federal agents tracking down vulnerable children who were effectively lost in the system.
For years, concerns have been raised about unaccompanied minors who crossed the southern border and were released into the United States. Questions swirled about vetting, sponsorship, trafficking risks, and oversight. Now we know that thousands of those children had to be located and recovered.
And ICE did it.
Great work everyone 🇺🇸💪🇺🇸#SavetheChildren
The fact that the left is fighting to NOT find missing children should tell you everything you need to know about their motives and ethics
— Jeff Broussely (@jeffbroussely) February 12, 2026
ICE and Border Patrol have saved countless lives by taking dangerous criminal illegals off the street and finding lost/abducted children, even as Democrat leaders tried to block enforcement efforts and inflame public opinion against them.
The contradiction is glaring.
On one hand, Minnesota’s top Democrats are branding federal agents as historical villains. On the other hand, those same agents are quietly conducting operations that result in thousands of vulnerable children being found and brought to safety.
Yet much of the national media has treated this development with indifference. A rescue operation involving over 3,300 missing and endangered minors would normally dominate headlines. Instead, the political narrative continues to center on protests and accusations against ICE.
ICE here in Minnesota have located 3,364 missing unaccompanied alien children
This should be on every news channel and every headline but I bet it won't! https://t.co/Dyte389KQo
— Miss Jamie Lyn (@jamie99_jamie) February 12, 2026
This is where the rhetoric becomes indefensible. You cannot accuse law enforcement officers of being “gestapo” while they are actively locating endangered children. You cannot call their work “atrocities” while they are pulling minors out of potentially dangerous situations.
Disagree with policy if you want. Debate enforcement levels. Argue over funding. That is politics.
But demonizing agents who are rescuing children crosses into something else entirely.
Tom Homan’s announcement forces a simple question: If locating over 3,300 missing and endangered children is the result of an ICE surge, what exactly are Minnesota’s leaders objecting to?
Because whatever label critics want to use, the outcome speaks for itself.
Over 3,300 children were found.
That is not a talking point. That is a result.
There are quite literally thousands of children nationwide that no one cared about or was looking for for that have been rescued under this administration.
Thank God for Tom Homan. https://t.co/bK5SPGxedw
— Isabel Brown (@theisabelb) February 12, 2026
