Minnesota ICE drawdown underway and surge should end, Trump's border czar says

Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, confirms the end of Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, signaling a significant drawdown of immigration agents after deploying 3,000 agents to target deportations.

Reuters

February 12, 2026

Minnesota ICE drawdown underway and surge should end, Trump's border czar says

Border Czar Tom Homan speaks during a press conference at U.S. General Service Administration building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. February 4, 2026.

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U.S. President Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan said on Thursday that a significant drawdown of immigration enforcement agents in Minnesota is underway and he has proposed that the surge there should conclude.

Under Operation Metro Surge, Trump had deployed about 3,000 armed immigration agents by the end of January to deport migrants in Minnesota, focused on Minneapolis, its biggest city.

"I have proposed and President Trump has concurred that this surge operation conclude," Homan told reporters at a press conference.

-Reporting by Susan Heavey, Katharine Jackson; editing by Michelle Nichols/Reuters