“Some” federal agents to begin leaving Minneapolis

Some federal law enforcement agents will begin leaving Minneapolis following conversations between President Trump, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.

The development was announced Monday after Frey said he spoke directly with Trump and raised concerns about ongoing federal enforcement operations in the city.

“I expressed how much Minneapolis has benefited from our immigrant communities and was clear that my main ask is that Operation Metro Surge needs to end,” Frey said. “The president agreed the present situation can’t continue.”

Frey added that “some” federal agents will begin leaving the Minneapolis area Tuesday, and that he will continue pushing for the rest involved in the operation to leave.

Trump earlier said he had separate calls with Walz and Frey and described both conversations as productive. He said he would send Tom Homan, the administration’s border czar, to Minnesota to oversee federal operations and meet with local leaders.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Homan would manage Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations on the ground in Minnesota.

The announcements follows multiple two fatal shootings involving federal agents during immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis.

Renee Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, was shot and killed on Jan. 7 by an ICE agent following an immigration operation. On Saturday, a Border Patrol agent shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident and Veterans Affairs ICU nurse.

Both cases have led to protests and increasing demands from local officials for the Trump administration to remove federal law enforcement operations from the state.