Trump administration says it is ending its immigration surge in Minnesota
Who's accountable for the results?
Speaking at a news conference in the city, border czar Tom Homan said coordination with local law enforcement and success of immigration enforcement have contributed to the end of Operation Metro Surge.
"I have proposed and President Trump has concurred that this surge operation conclude," he said.
Immigration officers and agents have arrested 4,000 people since the operation began, the Department of Homeland Security said last week. DHS did not provide a breakdown of how many of those had criminal charges. Federal authorities have arrested more than 200 people for impeding the work of law enforcement officers, Homan said Thursday.
Amid the crackdown, immigration authorities shot and killed two U.S. citizens — Renee Good, 37, a mother of young children, and Alex Pretti, 37, an ICU nurse at a local Veterans Affairs hospital — in separate confrontations.
Authorities had already announced a drawdown of the operation in the days following Pretti’s killing. Customs and Border Protection's Greg Bovino was removed from his post as commander at large and returned to his former post in El Centro, California. Homan then arrived to take control of the operation.
Homan acknowledged those setbacks Thursday.
"As I said in my first press conference a couple weeks ago, President Trump didn’t send me here because operation were being run and conducted perfectly," he said. "I came here to identify issues and implement solutions to improve our mission execution."
Is this a retreat from the Trump administration? Or does ICE feel that they've deported everyone they can? If Bovino were still in charge of Operation Metro Surge, would it still continue today?
Who's accountable for the results?
Speaking at a news conference in the city, border czar Tom Homan said coordination with local law enforcement and success of immigration enforcement have contributed to the end of Operation Metro Surge.
"I have proposed and President Trump has concurred that this surge operation conclude," he said.
Immigration officers and agents have arrested 4,000 people since the operation began, the Department of Homeland Security said last week. DHS did not provide a breakdown of how many of those had criminal charges. Federal authorities have arrested more than 200 people for impeding the work of law enforcement officers, Homan said Thursday.
Amid the crackdown, immigration authorities shot and killed two U.S. citizens — Renee Good, 37, a mother of young children, and Alex Pretti, 37, an ICU nurse at a local Veterans Affairs hospital — in separate confrontations.
Authorities had already announced a drawdown of the operation in the days following Pretti’s killing. Customs and Border Protection's Greg Bovino was removed from his post as commander at large and returned to his former post in El Centro, California. Homan then arrived to take control of the operation.
Homan acknowledged those setbacks Thursday.
"As I said in my first press conference a couple weeks ago, President Trump didn’t send me here because operation were being run and conducted perfectly," he said. "I came here to identify issues and implement solutions to improve our mission execution."
Is this a retreat from the Trump administration? Or does ICE feel that they've deported everyone they can? If Bovino were still in charge of Operation Metro Surge, would it still continue today?
Trump administration says it is ending its immigration surge in Minnesota
Who's accountable for the results?
Speaking at a news conference in the city, border czar Tom Homan said coordination with local law enforcement and success of immigration enforcement have contributed to the end of Operation Metro Surge.
"I have proposed and President Trump has concurred that this surge operation conclude," he said.
Immigration officers and agents have arrested 4,000 people since the operation began, the Department of Homeland Security said last week. DHS did not provide a breakdown of how many of those had criminal charges. Federal authorities have arrested more than 200 people for impeding the work of law enforcement officers, Homan said Thursday.
Amid the crackdown, immigration authorities shot and killed two U.S. citizens — Renee Good, 37, a mother of young children, and Alex Pretti, 37, an ICU nurse at a local Veterans Affairs hospital — in separate confrontations.
Authorities had already announced a drawdown of the operation in the days following Pretti’s killing. Customs and Border Protection's Greg Bovino was removed from his post as commander at large and returned to his former post in El Centro, California. Homan then arrived to take control of the operation.
Homan acknowledged those setbacks Thursday.
"As I said in my first press conference a couple weeks ago, President Trump didn’t send me here because operation were being run and conducted perfectly," he said. "I came here to identify issues and implement solutions to improve our mission execution."
Is this a retreat from the Trump administration? Or does ICE feel that they've deported everyone they can? If Bovino were still in charge of Operation Metro Surge, would it still continue today?
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