Overview
- Border chief Tom Homan said he recommended ending the Minnesota surge operation and that President Trump agreed, with officials describing a rescission of the ICE takeover in the state.
- Federal officials report more than 4,000 arrests in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area since Operation Metro Surge began on Dec. 1.
- Reporting notes that many people detained in the operation lacked criminal records, including minors and U.S. citizens.
- Greg Bovino, reassigned back to California and replaced by Homan, previously oversaw operations in cities including Chicago and Minneapolis that reporting links to injuries and the shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
- Bovino drew fresh attention with an X posting spree that included telling a female reporter to “fix us a pie,” with additional posts and a reported congratulatory email to an officer who shot a woman under further scrutiny.