Trump Administration Ends Its Immigration Surge in Minnesota

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.1 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

P.M. Edition for Feb. 12. Border czar Tom Homan says “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota is ending. WSJ immigration policy reporter Michelle Hackman discusses how the administration is wrapping up an operation that sparked outrage after the deaths of two U.S. citizens. Plus, U.S. stocks dropped today as AI worries resurfaced. And home sales fell more than 8% in January, their biggest decline in nearly four years. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Searching for a home, the real commute tool from Realtor.com,
0:03.5	lets you find homes right where you need to be.
0:05.9	Find a home 10 minutes from work, 15 from school, and 20 from grandmas.
0:10.3	With over half a million new listings every month,
0:12.7	you're just minutes from finding your perfect home on Realtor.com.
0:16.1	Trust the number one site Real Estate Professionals Trust.
0:19.0	Search now on Realtor.com.
0:20.6	Based on average new for sale and rental listings July 24 through June 2025. Number one site, Real Estate Professionals Trust. Search now on realtor.com.
0:24.8	Based on average new for sale and rental listings July 24 through June 2025.
0:29.6	Number one trusted based on August 2025 proprietary survey among real estate professionals.
0:37.3	The Trump administration is ending its immigration surge in Minnesota.
0:41.9	Plus, signs of financial stress are spreading beyond low-income Americans.
0:47.3	The latest data from a trade group that represents credit counselors is showing that more middle-class, middle-income Americans are also falling behind on their bills.
0:52.3	And freezing weather sends home sales diving in January.
0:56.0	It's Thursday, February 12th.
0:58.0	I'm Alex O'Soula for the Wall Street Journal.
1:00.4	This is the PM edition of What's News,
1:02.8	the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.
1:09.7	The Trump administration said today that it's ending the immigration crackdown in Minnesota.
1:14.4	Here's border czar Tom Homan speaking this morning.
1:17.2	Operation Metro Surge is ending.
1:20.1	And in the next week, we're going to deploy the officers here in detail back to the home stations or other areas that country are needed.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

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

Generated transcripts are the property of The Wall Street Journal and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.