Fewer agents and “targeted arrests,” Trump’s ‘border czar’ plan to reduce tension in Minnesota

In a clearing change of strategy by the Trump Administration in the face of growing citizen rejection of the lethal use of force in immigration raids, Homan announced that from now on federal agents will focus on “targeted, selective and strategic control operations”, instead of macro-raids and random checks in the middle of the street that were being carried out.

After four days on the ground in Minneapolis, the ‘border czar’ acknowledged for the first time that anti-immigration operations have not been “perfect” and warned that Agents who do not act professionally will be “treated like those in any other federal agency” and “punished.”

Homan explained that these days he has met with the main local authorities, such as the governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, and the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, y assured that he has the intention to reduce the 3,000 agents deployed in the city.

He indicated that the state attorney general, Keith Ellison, told him that the County jails “could notify ICE of release dates” for “criminals” that pose a risk to public safety” so that he can stop them, which will result in “fewer officers on the streets.

“We can do better. We achieved significant progress, significant coordination and cooperation, and you will see enormous changes in this city,” he promised, while highlighting that These changes “do not imply at all” that the Trump Government “is giving up its mission.” “We are simply working intelligently,” he stressed.

The ‘border czar’ insisted that the withdrawal of agents will depend on “cooperation” and although he stated that he respected the right to demonstrate, he noted that nor allow attempts by city residents to “impede” the work of ICE and other agencies.

Despite their presence, an atmosphere of tension persists in Minneapolis with constant vigils at the memorials installed in the spaces where Nicole Good y Alex Pretti They were shot dead by federal agents.

For this Friday, different social organizations have called for a “national day without classes, without work and without shopping”, to protest Trump’s immigration offensive in Minneapolis.