Overview
- Tom Homan announced the large-scale ICE operation in Minneapolis will end, with a significant reduction already underway and most agents set to return to their bases or redeploy next week.
- A small contingent will remain temporarily to finalize the handover and transfer command to the local ICE office, Homan said.
- Operation Metro Surge deployed roughly 3,000 federal immigration agents since December, with Homan claiming about 4,000 undocumented people arrested and more than 200 arrests for obstructing operations.
- The deployment drew sustained protests and deep skepticism after two U.S. citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, were shot and killed during January incidents tied to the operation.
- Accountability pressures escalated as prosecutors dropped charges in a January shooting after video contradicted agent testimony and ICE placed two agents on administrative leave, while Senate Democrats blocked DHS funding tied to ICE oversight.