DHS pulling 700 immigration enforcement agents from Minnesota amid tensions
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Trump border adviser Tom Homan says immigration enforcement in Minnesota will reduce operations, focusingon public safety threats.
Tom Homan, the Trump administration’s “border czar” now overseeing immigration enforcement in Minnesota, said Wednesday that 700 officers would be "drawn down" from the area, one week after announcing that immigration enforcement agents would be more targeted. It is unclear where those 700 agents will go.
Although Homan says operations will be more targeted, anyone in the U.S. illegally will remain subject to deportation.
"I want to be clear, just because you prioritize public safety doesn't mean we forget about everybody else. We will continue to enforce the immigration laws in this country," he said.
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Officials previously said there were nearly 3,000 agents in the Twin Cities region involved in immigration enforcement. Even with an estimated 2,300 agents, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with Customs and Border Patrol, will keep a significant force in the Twin Cities region.
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