Thank you David. I really appreciate your balanced Christian perspective regarding our government overreach and these distressing conditions. Minnesotan's have bravely stood up and now finally today, after two tragic deaths, it looks like the administration is gesturing to deescalate. Mindful of James 2:26 - “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also” - for my small part, I have been calling our members of congress and urging them to take their constitutional oversight role more seriously. I hope you don't mind if I borrow some of your thoughts and use them in my comments.
Thanks for reading, Tim. And no, I don’t mind if you borrow some thoughts, as you put it. I suppose mine were borrowed from somewhere or another in the first place.
Thank goodness, finally, looks like the federal government is changing its actions following a call between Governor Walz and President Trump.
Agree with everything you said. Some additional thoughts related to two of your comments:
"But problems call for solutions. And unleashing thousands of masked agents in a city whose elected officials and local law enforcement are pleading for them to leave is not a solution. It’s not even an attempt at one. It's a provocation."
Agree, the federal government should have first sent J. D. Vance, or Tom Homan, or Khristy Noem to MN and Minneapolis, and ask the state and city to slightly change their sanctuary policies so as to notify the federal law officials when they are releasing those already arrested/incarcerated in county and city jails. That additional step, transfer in a controlled environment, would have made most of the current stupidity unnecessary and hopefully, avoided the tragedies we have seen.
Or the governor and/or mayor could have reached out to try to avoid (or minimize) a surge in ICE enforcement. And, that isn't assisting ICE - it is recognizing federal jurisdiction, as the Obama Administration, confirmed by a Supreme Court decision, clarified that immigration enforcement is a federal issue. See: https://www.aclu-il.org/news/supreme-court-decision-arizona-v-us/
We don't need state and local officials/laws precluding local law enforcement from crowd control, as would be appropriate in any other crowd management solution.
"Why has the federal government chosen Minnesota as its focal point? We can only speculate. Other states, like California, Texas, and Florida have far more illegal immigrants, even per capita."
I hear stories counter to yours and wonder where the truth is. I hear that many of the people being hunted by ICE are pedophiles. Is that true? I hear they are illegal. Is that true? Are we being zoomed by a bias media?
I agree with some of what you wrote but (uh-oh) you missed a few key facts. ICE has been sent into other cities where local law enforcement was allowed to provide crowd control; few, if any, incidents occurred. (Do your own research.). That is one reason that it seems like Minneapolis has been “targeted.” This city has been turned into a City-State under Leftist/Marxist (avowed) leadership. Professional paid agitators added to the mix have inflamed the situation (remember the “Summer of Love?).
"Is illegal immigration a problem in our country? Tens of millions of Americans answered yes with their votes in 2024. It’s one of the main reasons Trump is president again." I am not reading a "solution" other than to return the streets to the criminals of various stripes. "CHAZ" comes to mind. I understand the "George Floyd area" is still not welcoming or safe.
I concur with this statement. "Maybe conservatives are starting to remember why they once stood for limited government. Maybe liberals are recalling why it’s important to respect and support local police, those who invest their blood, sweat, and tears into your community."
"The administration and, ultimately, President Trump, are responsible for an overreach that never needed to happen. They need to allow self-government in American cities again. They need to let the streets of America look like America again." What does this mean? What would this look like? Self-govenment has turned many of our Cities into dumps (at best). We used to love to visit Chicago. In 2022, or dear friend who is a retired Deputy Chief of Patrol for the city strongly advised us not to visit. Not the South Side, but the "Gold Coast!"
I could say more. For now I will wholeheartedly support your final words. Even though "thoughts and prayers" have been pooh-poohed at the highest levels of our government.
Thanks David, that means a lot! Please pray for peace and reconciliation here, brother! It’s scary here in the Twin Cities!
Praying, Michael. Thanks for “stopping by.” Sorry it was under these circumstances.
Thank you, David!
We need to pray is right on, David. Opinions aside, I pray for peace & the truth to prevail.
Thank you David. I really appreciate your balanced Christian perspective regarding our government overreach and these distressing conditions. Minnesotan's have bravely stood up and now finally today, after two tragic deaths, it looks like the administration is gesturing to deescalate. Mindful of James 2:26 - “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also” - for my small part, I have been calling our members of congress and urging them to take their constitutional oversight role more seriously. I hope you don't mind if I borrow some of your thoughts and use them in my comments.
Thanks for reading, Tim. And no, I don’t mind if you borrow some thoughts, as you put it. I suppose mine were borrowed from somewhere or another in the first place.
Thanks.
Thank goodness, finally, looks like the federal government is changing its actions following a call between Governor Walz and President Trump.
Agree with everything you said. Some additional thoughts related to two of your comments:
"But problems call for solutions. And unleashing thousands of masked agents in a city whose elected officials and local law enforcement are pleading for them to leave is not a solution. It’s not even an attempt at one. It's a provocation."
Agree, the federal government should have first sent J. D. Vance, or Tom Homan, or Khristy Noem to MN and Minneapolis, and ask the state and city to slightly change their sanctuary policies so as to notify the federal law officials when they are releasing those already arrested/incarcerated in county and city jails. That additional step, transfer in a controlled environment, would have made most of the current stupidity unnecessary and hopefully, avoided the tragedies we have seen.
Or the governor and/or mayor could have reached out to try to avoid (or minimize) a surge in ICE enforcement. And, that isn't assisting ICE - it is recognizing federal jurisdiction, as the Obama Administration, confirmed by a Supreme Court decision, clarified that immigration enforcement is a federal issue. See: https://www.aclu-il.org/news/supreme-court-decision-arizona-v-us/
We don't need state and local officials/laws precluding local law enforcement from crowd control, as would be appropriate in any other crowd management solution.
And, we don't need state and local officians impeding enforcement of federal law - assisting those would would be arrested in avoiding federal jurisdiction. See: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/us/hannah-dugan-wisconsin-judge-resigns.html
"Why has the federal government chosen Minnesota as its focal point? We can only speculate. Other states, like California, Texas, and Florida have far more illegal immigrants, even per capita."
Except that it didn't focus on Minnesota first.
See: https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/05/ice-arrests-118-illegal-aliens-including-pedophiles-burglars-domestic-abusers-and
See: https://abcnews.go.com/US/operation-catahoula-crunch-immigration-sweeps-begin-new-orleans/story?id=128073462
See: https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/19/texas-immigration-ice-arrests-raids-police/
See: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2025/12/11/ice-jails-update/
Thank goodness, finally, looks like the federal government is changing its actions following a call between Governor Walz and President Trump.
I hear stories counter to yours and wonder where the truth is. I hear that many of the people being hunted by ICE are pedophiles. Is that true? I hear they are illegal. Is that true? Are we being zoomed by a bias media?
Minneapolis has been broken. On purpose.
I agree with some of what you wrote but (uh-oh) you missed a few key facts. ICE has been sent into other cities where local law enforcement was allowed to provide crowd control; few, if any, incidents occurred. (Do your own research.). That is one reason that it seems like Minneapolis has been “targeted.” This city has been turned into a City-State under Leftist/Marxist (avowed) leadership. Professional paid agitators added to the mix have inflamed the situation (remember the “Summer of Love?).
"Is illegal immigration a problem in our country? Tens of millions of Americans answered yes with their votes in 2024. It’s one of the main reasons Trump is president again." I am not reading a "solution" other than to return the streets to the criminals of various stripes. "CHAZ" comes to mind. I understand the "George Floyd area" is still not welcoming or safe.
I concur with this statement. "Maybe conservatives are starting to remember why they once stood for limited government. Maybe liberals are recalling why it’s important to respect and support local police, those who invest their blood, sweat, and tears into your community."
"The administration and, ultimately, President Trump, are responsible for an overreach that never needed to happen. They need to allow self-government in American cities again. They need to let the streets of America look like America again." What does this mean? What would this look like? Self-govenment has turned many of our Cities into dumps (at best). We used to love to visit Chicago. In 2022, or dear friend who is a retired Deputy Chief of Patrol for the city strongly advised us not to visit. Not the South Side, but the "Gold Coast!"
I could say more. For now I will wholeheartedly support your final words. Even though "thoughts and prayers" have been pooh-poohed at the highest levels of our government.
God bless you...God bless our republic.