WORLD.- This Thursday the “zar” from the Trump Administration border, Tom Homanannounced the end of massive deployment of immigration agents in the state of Minnesotain which two Americans lost their lives at the hands of troops.
“I have proposed it to him and President Trump has accepted, let this operation come to an end“Homan explained about the end of the so-called Operation Metro Surge in a press conference in Minneapolis.
According to the czar, the campaign “has given the satisfactory results” that the Trump Government expected and highlighted the work with state and local officials “to improve coordination.”
“As a result of our efforts here, Minnesota is no longer a sanctuary state for criminals,” Homan said.
Americans die in Minnesota during Trump’s federal immigration operation
Since Trump ordered to reinforce the presence of immigration agents in Minnesotatwo Americans, Renée Good y Alex Prettidied after being shot by agents of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
After the death of the second, while protested against the agents’ raids In the city, tension between protesters and federal troops escalated to such a level that Trump even threatened to activate the Insurrection Act to deploy the Army.
Federal commander in charge of immigration operation removed
The tsar’s announcement comes two weeks after the president withdrew from the state Gregory Bovinocommander general of the Border Patrol, who was in charge of coordinating the operation.
In his place he assigned Homan, who on February 4 already announced the withdrawal of 700 agents.
“As I said in my first press conference a couple of weeks ago, President Trump sent me here not because the operation was being carried out perfectly, but to identify problems and apply solutions that would improve the execution of our mission,” he noted.
According to Homan, since Operation Metro Surge began, there have been more than 4 thousand arrests.
Despite the end of the massive deployment, the tsar announced that a “small contingent of personnel” will remain in the state for a time to “transfer complete command and control to the local office.”
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