Trump Recalibrates Minnesota Immigration Operation With Homan in Charge, Partial Pullback in Minneapolis

Overview

• Tom Homan was tapped to take command of federal forces in Minnesota as AP-cited officials said Gregory Bovino and some agents will leave Minneapolis starting Tuesday.
• Public videos of Alex Pretti’s killing show him holding a phone with his gun holstered and a weapon removed after he was on the ground, contradicting federal statements.
• A federal judge granted Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s request to bar destruction or alteration of evidence in the Pretti case after state investigators reported being blocked at the scene.
• The weekend shooting of Pretti, the second citizen killed this month after Renee Good, intensified outrage over a deployment of roughly 3,000 ICE and Border Patrol agents in the state.
• Democratic leaders threatened to oppose DHS funding, while Republicans including Bill Cassidy and Lisa Murkowski called for full investigations as polling showed slippage in support for the crackdown.