Donald Trump’s deportation drive in Minnesota will draw to a close, according to the president’s border czar.
Tom Homan, who’s leading the White House’s anti-immigration campaign, said the administration had agreed to end Operation Metro Surge.
The operation saw 3,000 armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents dispatched to the state, particularly its biggest city, Minneapolis.
“As a result of our efforts here, Minnesota is now less of a sanctuary state for criminals,” Homan told a press conference.
“I have proposed and President Trump has concurred that this surge operation conclude.”
Launched on 1 December, the operation led to the arrest of more than 4,000 people, federal authorities said.
But the action has proved controversial, sparking protests against ICE agents, with two protesters killed during confrontations.
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Renee Nicole Good, 37, was first – the mother-of-three was in her car when she was shot dead by an ICE agent, purportedly in self defence.
Next was Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse, who was wrestled to the floor by federal agents and shot multiple times.
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