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Border czar Tom Homan announced at the Bishop Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis that Operation Metro Surge would conclude, with a "significant drawdown" of the approximately 2,000 remaining federal agents. The operation, which began November 29, 2025, and surged to over 3,000 agents in January, resulted in more than 4,000 arrests according to DHS. Homan stated: "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude."
The 10-week operation proved politically toxic for the White House following the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal agents: Renée Good on January 7 and Alex Pretti on January 24. CBP Commander Gregory Bovino was removed from his post and returned to El Centro, California after claiming Pretti came to "massacre" federal agents despite video evidence to the contrary. The DOJ Civil Rights Division investigated only Pretti's death, declining to investigate Good's killing.
Homan claimed the operation succeeded with "unprecedented levels of coordination" from state officials and that "Minnesota is now less of a sanctuary state for criminals." Minnesota Governor Tim Walz expressed "cautious optimism" and proposed a $10 million relief package for small businesses devastated by the operation. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey echoed that immigration enforcement activity had been "catastrophic" for Minnesotans and their businesses. Homan said a "small footprint of personnel" would remain, along with federal investigators pursuing "agitators" and conducting fraud investigations, continuing into the following week.