Trump agrees to end deportation surge in Minnesota, White House border czar says
U.S. President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said on Thursday that a significant drawdown of immigration enforcement agents in Minnesota was underway and that he had proposed and Trump had agreed that the surge there should end.
Under Operation Metro Surge, Trump had deployed about 3,000 armed immigration agents by late January to deport migrants in Minnesota.
The surge has led to tumultuous scenes in Minneapolis, the state’s biggest city. Residents have come out onto the streets, some blowing whistles, in protest against masked agents in military-style gear. On different days in January, immigration agents fatally shot two U.S. citizens who had come out to protest or observe the agents.
“I have proposed and President Trump has concurred that this surge operation conclude,” Homan told reporters at a press conference.
