By Steve Karnowski
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — The Trump administration is decreasing the variety of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota after state and native officers agreed to cooperate by turning over arrested immigrants, border czar Tom Homan mentioned Wednesday.
About 700 of the roughly 3,000 federal officers deployed round Minnesota will likely be withdrawn, Homan mentioned. The immigration operations have upended the Twin Cities and escalated protests, particularly because the killing of Alex Pretti, the second deadly capturing by federal officers in Minneapolis.
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“Given this increase in unprecedented collaboration, and as a result of the need for less public safety officers to do this work and a safer environment, I am announcing, effective immediately, we’ll draw down 700 people effective today — 700 law enforcement personnel,” Homan mentioned throughout a news convention.
Homan mentioned final week that federal officers may cut back the variety of federal brokers in Minnesota, however provided that state and native officers cooperate. His feedback got here after President Donald Trump appeared to sign a willingness to ease tensions within the Minneapolis and St. Paul space.
Homan pushed for jails to alert ICE to inmates who may very well be deported, saying transferring such inmates to the company is safer as a result of it means fewer officers need to be out searching for individuals within the nation illegally.
When questioned, Homan mentioned he thinks the ICE operation in Minnesota has been a hit.
“Yeah, I just listed a bunch of people we took off the streets of the Twin Cities, so I think it’s very effective as far as public safety goes,” Homan mentioned. “Was it a perfect operation? No. No. We created one unified chain of command to make sure everybody is on the same page. And make sure we follow the rules. I don’t think anybody, purposely, didn’t do something they should have done.”
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Associated Press reporter Corey Williams in Detroit contributed.
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