The Brief Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Pramila Jayapal toured the Whipple Federal Building in Minnesota to conduct a congressional oversight on Friday. The lawmakers were joined by community activists who recalled the trauma of Operation Metro Surge and the efforts to recover. Rep. Ilhan Omar arrived at the Whipple Federal Building alongside Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) to conduct congressional oversight of the facility on Friday. Members of congress started conducting oversight duties at the Whipple Federal Building in response to detainees being brought there during Operation Metro Surge. Operation Metro SurgeThe backstory:More than six months have passed since Operation Metro Surge came to an end after 10 weeks of thousands of federal immigration agents patrolling the state.