{"id":2407,"date":"2026-02-13T14:09:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:09:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:09:46","slug":"ice-backs-down-in-minnesota-a-shutdown-looms-colony-ridge-agrees-to-68m-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=2407","title":{"rendered":"ICE Backs Down In Minnesota, A Shutdown Looms, &#038; Colony Ridge Agrees To $68M Settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative\" data-narration-container=\"true\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">ICE officers are leaving Minnesota as \u201cOperation Metro Surge\u201d comes to an end, Department of Homeland Security funding is set to run dry on Saturday, and an \u201cillegal immigrant enclave\u201d in Texas agrees to a $68 million settlement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Friday, February 13, 2026, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today\u2019s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:10px\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/operation-metro-surge-ends-colony-ridge-caves-2-13-26\/id1576594336?i=1000749572130\" height=\"175\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center\"><b>Homan Announces End To \u2018Operation Metro Surge\u2019<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Border czar Tom Homan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-to-end-ices-operation-metro-surge-in-minnesota-homan-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> the end of \u201cOperation Metro Surge\u201d in Minnesota on Thursday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Homan said he is satisfied with his meetings with local authorities and has sufficient cooperation to conclude the operation, which means officers and agents flown in from across the country will return to their home offices. More police chiefs and sheriffs are apparently on board with honoring ICE detainers, and ICE will be readily available and stationed near jails to pick up inmates, rather than forcing local jurisdictions to hold them longer than necessary. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Homan added that President Donald Trump greenlit the decision. Homan\u2019s announcement is the big step toward Trump\u2019s softer approach toward interior immigration enforcement after the shooting deaths of two Americans by federal agents in Minneapolis.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center\"><b>Congress Stares Down Another Shutdown<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Homeland Security <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/homeland-security-shutdown-likely-as-schumer-accuses-trump-admin-of-thuggery?author=Cameron+Arcand&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Homeland+Security+Shutdown+Likely+As+Schumer+Accuses+Trump+Admin+Of+%E2%80%98Thuggery%E2%80%99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">seems<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrats-will-shut-down-the-department-of-homeland-security-this-week-white-house-says?author=Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Democrats+Will+Shut+Down+The+Department+Of+Homeland+Security+This+Week%2C+White+House+Says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">poised<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> to experience a lapse in government funding on Saturday at midnight amid an intense debate on immigration reforms. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">A test vote in the Senate to see if there was enough support to pass another continuing resolution failed on Thursday afternoon. The House has gone home, but members could be asked to return if a deal is reached. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Democrats have not appeared pleased with the White House\u2019s counteroffer on immigration reform. Details on that counteroffer are still fairly unclear. Democrats want an end to masking for agents and a change in warrants. Warrants are likely to be the hottest topic among the changes, as shifting from administrative to judicial warrants for many of these arrests could make the process much more difficult.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center\"><b>Trump DOJ Settles Colony Ridge Suit<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">A settlement has been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/colony-ridge-agrees-to-pay-68-million-in-penalties-for-illegal-immigrant-haven?author=Brent+Scher&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Colony+Ridge+Agrees+To+Pay+%2468+Million+In+Penalties+For+%E2%80%98Illegal+Immigrant+Haven%E2%80%99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">reached<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> in the lawsuit against Colony Ridge, the massive Texas development that became a magnet for illegal immigrants. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Colony Ridge was hailed by the developers as the fastest-growing development in the whole United States. But it wasn\u2019t just a big development. The business model that The Daily Wire helped to uncover was that its marketing strategy was aimed exclusively at illegal immigrants, or at least foreign populations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Ultimately, the Biden administration sued the developer over loans and the marketing strategy. The Trump administration is now jointly settling this lawsuit with Texas\u2019s Republican attorney general. The settlement reached lays the groundwork not only to put an end to the scheme but also to provide a major boost to the surrounding communities affected by it. The settlement is $68 million, not payments to anyone, but payments to fix what they created at Colony Ridge.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/morning-brief-ice-backs-down-in-minnesota-a-shutdown-looms-colony-ridge-agrees-to-68m-settlement\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICE officers are leaving Minnesota as \u201cOperation Metro Surge\u201d comes to an end, Department of Homeland Security funding is set to run dry on Saturday, and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}