FULL: Border czar Homan announces 700 immigration agents leaving Minneapolis immediately

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President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, announced Wednesday morning that he will drawdown 700 officers from Minnesota, effective immediately, as a result of local and state officials cooperating by turning over arrested immigrants. Homan was sent to Minneapolis last week in an attempt to end the violence and tensions between the roughly 3,000 federal agents and the community protesting their presence. Protests escalated in Minnesota last month after immigration enforcement agents shot and killed a mother of three, Renee Good, and ICU nurse Alex Pretti. Homan said the decision to remove hundreds of immigration officers from the state came after his discussions with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, state Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and numerous police chiefs and sheriffs, all of whom agreed that community safety is paramount. "While we had our differences, one thing was clear, we all committed to public safety for all who live in the Twin Cities," Homan told reporters. "We have made significant progress under the direction of President Trump, working with state and local officials here in Minnesota, and I expect that to increase in the coming weeks." The border czar added that they currently have an unprecedented number of counties communicating with them and allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to take custody of illegal immigrants before they hit the street. "More officers taking custody of criminal aliens directly from the jails means less officers on the street doing criminal operations. This is smart law enforcement, not less law enforcement." Homan last week pushed for jails to alert ICE to inmates who could be deported, saying transferring such inmates to the agency is safer because it means fewer officers have to be out looking for people in the country illegally. When asked if he thinks the ICE operation in Minnesota has been a success, he said it wasn't a perfect operation, but "We created one unified chain of command to make sure everybody is on the same page. And make sure we follow the rules." Mayor Frey said Homan's removal of 700 federal agents "isn't a de-escalation" and demanded that the immigration operation end. READ MORE: https://13wham.com/news/nation-world/president-donald-trump-border-czar-tom-homan-to-speak-in-minneapolis-minnesota-after-promising-drawdown-plan-operation-metro-surge-twin-cities-protests-federal-agents-immigration-enforcement-border-patrol-alex-pretti-renee-good-shooting _______________ Stay up to date with our social media: 13 WHAM on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/13WHAM 13 WHAM on Twitter: https://twitter.com/13WHAM 13WHAM on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/13whamtv/?hl=en 13WHAM on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@13wham?lang=en 13 WHAM Daily Local News Digest: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTJB6tta5ar3Fu5CumAvlvVunEP6bc9A For more information, visit https://13wham.com/ Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: (585) 334-8700 WHAM is a NY based station and a ABC Television affiliate owned and operated by Deerfield Media, Inc and receives certain services from an affiliation of Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. #13WHAM #News #Rochester #NewYork