Overview
- Operation Metro Surge, launched Dec. 1, deployed about 3,000 federal immigration agents in the Twin Cities and resulted in more than 4,000 arrests, according to federal figures.
- A significant drawdown began this week and will continue next week, with a small footprint remaining to transition control back to the local ICE field office as Homan stays to oversee the process.
- Homan credited increased cooperation from state and local authorities, including jail notifications, and said immigration enforcement will continue elsewhere nationwide.
- The deployment prompted large protests and two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens, while critics and some reports say many people without criminal records — including citizens and children — were detained.
- Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey welcomed the pullback and outlined recovery efforts, and Homan indicated some agents could be reassigned to other locations without specifying where.