The Donald Trump administration has decided to end its intensive immigration enforcement operation carried out in Minnesota.
On the 12th (local time), Tom Homan, the Trump administration's top official in charge of immigration enforcement, held a news conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and said, "Through our efforts, Minnesota has now moved further away from being regarded by criminals as a 'sanctuary state,'" adding, "I recommended ending the operation to President Trump, and the president agreed."
According to Homan, federal agent staffing has been reduced on a considerable scale, and that is expected to continue through next week.
Earlier, in December last year, the Trump administration launched "Operation Metro Surge," deploying about 3,000 federal enforcement agents across Minnesota to step up a crackdown on undocumented immigrants.
In the process, last month, two U.S. civilian nationals, Rene Good and Alex Pretty, were killed by gunfire from enforcement agents, and as public criticism mounted, President Trump on the 26th of last month sent Homan to Minnesota to try to manage the fallout.
According to federal authorities, more than 4,000 people were arrested in the large-scale immigration enforcement operation centered on the Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota.
The Trump administration said those arrested were undocumented immigrants with criminal status, but it was determined that many among them included people with no criminal history, children, and U.S. citizens.