Loeffler says SBA will relocate Minneapolis district office amid ‘local hostility’ toward ICE

Small Business Administration (SBA) head Kelly Loeffler said Saturday that the agency’s Minneapolis office is being relocated, citing “overwhelming local hostility” toward Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in recent days.

“Since Day One, I have been clear that SBA will not continue to surge resources to communities that refuse to protect their small business owners by impeding this Administration’s efforts to deport and detain criminal illegal aliens,” Loeffler wrote on the social platform X. “We will relocate our offices to cities that comply with federal law – and take seriously their responsibility to promote public safety on Main Street.”

It was not immediately clear whether the relocation would be permanent…

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