Homan: Trump approved wrapping up ICE and CBP operation in Minnesota

Published February 12, 2026 9:28am ET



White House border czar Tom Homan announced that President Donald Trump has approved the conclusion of a surge of federal immigration authorities into Minnesota following a two-and-a-half-month enforcement operation.

“With that … success that has been made arrest and public safety threats and other priorities, since this surge operation began, as well as the unprecedented levels of coordination we have obtained from state officials and local law enforcement, I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation concludes,” Homan said in a press conference in Minneapolis on Thursday morning.

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