meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
PBS News Hour - Segments

After deaths, protests and political backlash, ICE surge set to end in Minnesota

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

President Trump's immigration campaign faced intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill, and his border czar announced a significant drawdown of its operations in Minnesota. Lisa Desjardins reports on the latest. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Welcome to the News Hour. The Department of Homeland Security is barreling toward a shutdown after Democrats refused to budge on a funding bill and lawmakers left Washington for a 10-day recess.

0:11.0

The department's funding is set to expire Friday at midnight.

0:14.0

The deadlock comes as President Trump's immigration campaign faced intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill today, and his Borders

0:21.2

are announced a significant drawdown to its operations in Minnesota.

0:25.6

Lisa Desjardin begins our coverage.

0:27.1

Good morning.

0:29.1

In Minneapolis, from Tom Holman, a change of course.

0:32.6

I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude.

0:37.8

President Trump's borders are declaring an end to the tumultuous immigration crackdown

0:42.3

in Minnesota, which in recent weeks saw a flurry of street arrests, widespread protests,

0:48.5

and the killing of U.S. citizens, Renee Good and Alex Preti, by federal officers,

0:53.7

and an entire community on edge.

0:57.0

Homan touted the operation as a success.

0:59.0

As a result of our efforts here, Minnesota is now less of a sanctuary state for criminals.

1:04.0

He said most agents will relocate, but a small footprint of personnel will remain to enforce immigration laws.

1:10.0

President Trump made a promise of mass deportation, and that's what this country's going to get.

1:14.8

But on the block where Mr. Preti was killed, skepticism lingers.

1:19.2

I don't have a lot of trust in what is being said by Mr. Holman and anyone in the administration to be franks.

1:30.3

This is just one blue state that is suffering what's happening and other blue states

1:38.3

will continue to be under attack and ICE isn't going anywhere. This is just a stop on their checklist.

1:45.0

There's a lot of damages that are left here for us to cleanups.

1:51.0

Lynn Wyn, who owns a restaurant in the Twin Cities suburbs, said the fear among immigrant communities will be hard to shake.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from PBS NewsHour, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of PBS NewsHour and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.