Then, related to Minnesota, you have been around these communist front groups longer than just about anybody in the country. Rantz responded that while the movement remains structured, its size has declined significantly compared to its peak years. And not everyone who shows up to these protests are sort of that professional activist class, but the same level of organizing, the same level of strategy is at play,” Rantz said. Rantz described what he called a “progressive protest industrial complex,” involving activists and far-left Democratic lawmakers encouraging confrontations with federal immigration enforcement. Rantz said the movement is unlikely to disappear entirely but argued its stalled growth reflects public resistance to eliminating immigration enforcement.