- The Trump administration will draw down 700 law enforcement officers from Minnesota on Wednesday, border czar Tom Homan said.
- After that approximately 25% withdrawal, around 2,000 federal agents will remain in the state, he said.
- Homan announced the pullback after touting “unprecedented cooperation” between the federal government and state and local entities.
The Trump administration will draw down 700 federal law enforcement officers from Minnesota “effective immediately,” White House border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday.
After that partial withdrawal, around 2,000 federal agents will remain in the state — a roughly 25% reduction — with most concentrated in the Twin Cities area encompassing Minneapolis and St. Paul, Homan said at a news conference in Minneapolis.
Homan announced the pullback after touting what he said was “unprecedented cooperation” between the federal government and state and local entities. That cooperation boosts efficiency, requiring fewer officers to be sent into communities “to assume custody of a criminal alien target” and freeing up resources, Homan said.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/04/trump-homan-minnesota-ice-immigration.html
The Trump administration is reducing the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota after state and local officials agreed to cooperate by turning over arrested immigrants, border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday.
But Homan did not give a timeline when the operation might end in Minnesota after weeks of turmoil in the Twin Cities and escalated protests, especially since the killing of protester Alex Pretti, the second fatal shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis.
A widespread withdrawal will only occur after people stop interfering with federal agents carrying out arrests and setting up roadblocks to impede the operations, Homan said.
The border czar has for jails to alert Immigration and Customs Enforcement to inmates who could be deported, saying transferring such inmates to ICE is safer because it means fewer officers have to be out looking for people in the country illegally.