The anti-immigration operation carried out for several weeks by ICE in Minneapolis will "end", announced Thursday Donald Trump's emissary in the city, Tom Homan. The death of two Americans, killed by federal agents in January, and violent arrests aroused the anger of many residents.

Published on: 02/12/2026 - 4:58 p.m. Modified on: 02/12/2026 - 9:36 p.m.

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“I proposed, and President Trump agreed, that this operation end,” said Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s emissary in Minneapolis, Minnesota. During a press conference on Thursday, February 12, he announced the "reduction" in the number of immigration police (ICE) agents in this city in the northern United States. For many weeks, demonstrators have been calling for the departure of ICE, whose aggressive methods are contested.

“A significant reduction (in police numbers) is already being implemented this week and will continue during the next,” he added.

Several thousand immigration enforcement agents have been deployed to Minneapolis since December. Their massive operations have disrupted daily life in this Democratic city in the Midwest, where many residents are holed up in their homes for fear of being arrested while thousands of others demonstrate, often despite the freezing cold.

The protest movement intensified with the death, alongside anti-immigration interventions, of two American citizens, shot dead by agents less than three weeks apart: Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother, on January 7, and Alex Pretti, a nurse of the same age, on January 24.

Several thousand arrests

Tom Homan said he would stay in Minneapolis "a little longer" to supervise the end of the operation.

“A small number of personnel will remain on site for a period of time to finalize the operation and transfer command and control to the local office, as well as to ensure that agitator activity continues to decline,” he added.

A week ago, Tom Homan had already announced the immediate withdrawal of 700 immigration police officers. “This community is safer because we arrested 4,000 illegal aliens,” said Donald Trump’s emissary.

With AFP

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