Overview
- Border envoy Tom Homan said the reduction takes effect immediately and reflects a shift toward coordinating jail pickups with Minnesota agencies.
- DHS reported more than 4,000 arrests under Operation Metro Surge, though officials did not release a full accounting of criminal histories.
- Two U.S. citizens — Renée Good on January 7 and Alex Pretti on January 24 — were killed during operations; two Border Patrol agents were suspended in the Pretti case, and video indicates an ICE employee shot Good.
- Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison called the partial pullback insufficient and urged an end to the operation.
- Homan said immigration enforcement will continue and pledged body cameras in Minneapolis, as new polling shows widespread skepticism of the tactics.