🚨🇺🇸 Trump Border Czar Announces End to Controversial Minnesota Immigration Operation 🇺🇸🚨
🚨🇺🇸 Trump Border Czar Announces End to Controversial Minnesota Immigration Operation 🇺🇸🚨
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The months-long federal immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota — known as Operation Metro Surge — is officially drawing to a close, President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, announced this week.
Homan said the large-scale operation, which involved thousands of federal agents stationed primarily around the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area, will be wound down after intense backlash sparked by aggressive tactics and deadly encounters. The operation, described by the Department of Homeland Security as its “largest immigration enforcement operation ever,” resulted in more than 4,000 arrests and widespread protests across the state.
Public outrage intensified after federal immigration officers fatally shot two U.S. citizens, Renée Good and Alex Pretti, during separate incidents linked to enforcement actions earlier this year. Those deaths — and the controversial tactics deployed in immigrant neighborhoods — drew fierce criticism from local officials and civil liberties advocates, leading to calls for accountability and an end to the federal presence.
The developments come amid an ongoing federal investigation in Minneapolis into whether ICE officers provided false sworn testimony about a separate January shooting of a Venezuelan man — a case that has added further legal and political pressure.
While Homan framed the drawdown as a success and said many officers would return to their regular duties, state leaders and community groups welcomed the announcement as a step toward restoring local normalcy. Debate continues over the operation’s broader impact, enforcement methods, and potential reforms to federal immigration policing.
Stay tuned for more updates as developments unfold.
