Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler has ordered the immediate relocation of her agency's Minneapolis office following the deadly shooting involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer earlier this week, citing "overwhelming local hostility" toward federal immigration enforcement.
The decisive action comes after ICE Officer shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis, sparking immediate backlash from the sanctuary city's anti-law enforcement activists and radical left politicians who have made it clear they will not cooperate with President Trump's mass deportation agenda.
Loeffler's swift response demonstrates exactly the kind of decisive leadership Americans voted for in November. Rather than bow to the mob or apologize for enforcing immigration law, the Trump administration is taking concrete steps to protect federal employees from the hostility of sanctuary jurisdictions that openly defy federal immigration enforcement.
Sanctuary Cities Reap What They Sow
Minneapolis has long been a poster child for failed progressive policies, from the defund-the-police movement that devastated the city after the George Floyd riots to its sanctuary city status that shields criminal illegal aliens from deportation. Now the city's anti-ICE hostility is driving away federal agencies and the jobs they provide.
This relocation sends a crystal clear message to every sanctuary jurisdiction in America: if you want to harbor illegal aliens and create a hostile environment for federal law enforcement, you'll lose the federal presence and economic benefits that come with it.
"The Trump administration will not tolerate attacks on our federal officers doing their jobs to secure our borders and enforce our laws," a senior administration official told Next News Network.
While mainstream media outlets will undoubtedly frame this as an "overreaction," patriots understand this is exactly what accountability looks like. Elections have consequences, and the American people voted overwhelmingly for secure borders and immigration enforcement.
How many more sanctuary cities will lose federal offices before they learn that defying immigration law comes with a price? The Trump administration is just getting started.