Tom Homan signals a shift to \u2018targeted operations\u2019 in Minneapolis, promising fewer agents on streets if Governor Tim Walz and local officials cooperate.<\/b>
\nUS President Donald Trump\u2019s border tsar Tom Homan said Thursday that the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota will be reduced only after cooperation from state officials, and that he has \u201czero tolerance\u201d for protesters who assault his officers or impede their work.
Homan addressed reporters for the first time since the president sent him to Minneapolis after a federal immigration officer fatally shot a protester on Saturday.
Homan doubled down on the need for local jails to alert Immigration and Customs Enforcement to people in their custody whom ICE can remove from the country, and that transferring immigrants to ICE while they\u2019re still in jail is safer for the officers and means they aren\u2019t out on the streets.
Homan said that would mean fewer officers have to actually be out on the streets looking for immigrants in the country illegally. \u201cGive us access to illegal aliens, public safety threats in the safety and security of a jail,\u201d Homan said.
Homan acknowledged that immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota haven\u2019t been perfect but was also adamant that the administration isn\u2019t surrendering their mission.
Homan also seemed to suggest a renewed focus on what ICE calls \u201ctargeted operations\u201d designed to focus their efforts on apprehending immigrants who have committed crimes. He said they would conduct \u201ctargeted strategic enforcement operations\u201d prioritising \u201cpublic safety threats\u201d.<\/p>\n