"White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that more than 1,000 immigration agents have left Minnesota's Twin Cities area and hundreds more will depart in the days ahead as part of the Trump administration's drawdown of its immigration enforcement surge. A "small" security force will stay for a short period to protect remaining immigration agents and will respond "when our agents are out and they get surrounded by agitators and things got out of control," Homan told CBS's Face the Nation."
"Thousands of officers were sent to the Minneapolis and St. Paul area for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's "Operation Metro Surge." The Department of Homeland Security said it was its largest immigration enforcement operation ever and proved successful. But the crackdown came under increasing criticism as the situation grew more volatile and two U.S. citizens were killed. Protests became common. A network of residents worked to help immigrants, warn of approaching agents or film immigration officers' actions."
More than 1,000 immigration agents have left Minnesota's Twin Cities area, and hundreds more are scheduled to depart in the coming days as part of a drawdown of an immigration enforcement surge. A small security force will remain temporarily to protect remaining agents and to respond if agents are surrounded by agitators. Investigations into fraud allegations and an anti-enforcement protest that disrupted a church service will continue. Thousands of officers were initially deployed under Operation Metro Surge, which DHS called its largest enforcement operation, and the operation faced criticism after volatile encounters and two U.S. citizen deaths.
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