'Border czar' withdraws 700 agents from Minnesota

White House “border czar” Tom Homan announced Wednesday that he would withdraw 700 federal immigration officers from Minnesota as a result of progress with local authorities. There will still be approximately 2,000 people left in this state. agents.

“I'm announcing today that we will withdraw 700 people, effective immediately,” Homan said during a news conference in Minneapolis. He added that the reason is the “unprecedented” level of cooperation with the state and Minneapolis authorities.

Homan also announced that 2,000 would still remain in Minnesota. officers. He noted that although his intention is to completely withdraw additional officers sent to this state by Washington, he will not do so until the protests and attacks disrupting their work end.

This is the largest step so far towards de-escalating tensions related to the services' activities as part of Operation Metro Surge, described by the Ministry of Homeland Security as the largest immigration operation in history. From the beginning, the operation caused great controversy and tensions in contacts with the state authorities due to a number of incidents involving the services, as well as the killing of two protest participants, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, by officers. Homan was sent to Minnesota by the White House to de-escalate the situation. (PAP)

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