Border Czar Tom Homan announced that, due to “unprecedented collaboration” between the administration and local officials, he will withdraw 700 federal agents from Minnesota.
Homan wants a complete withdrawal from the Twin Cities, but that would require cooperation and compliance with federal immigration laws.
Given this increase in unprecedented collaboration, and as a result of the need for less law enforcement officers to do this work in a safer environment, I have announced, effective immediately, we will draw down 700 people, effective today. 700 law enforcement personnel.We have also fully integrated CBP personnel into the ICRO team structure under one unified chain of command, not two chains of command. There’d be one chain of command here. Any large enforcement operation I’ve ever been involved with, there’s one chain of command, and that’s where we’re moving forward.
Homan stressed cooperation between the two sides, including law enforcement, allowing ICE to take in illegal aliens before they’re released:
…the attorney general, Mayor Frey, and law enforcement officials about increasing coordination in a lawful way between the county jails and ICE to avoid public safety threats being released back in the community. While we had our differences, one thing was clear, we are all committed to public safety for all who live in the Twin Cities.We have made significant progress under the direction of President Trump, working with state and local officials here in Minnesota, and I expect that to increase in the coming weeks. We continue to have discussions. I’ll have discussions this afternoon.We currently have an unprecedented number of counties communicating with us now and allowing ICE to take custody of illegal aliens before they hit the streets. Unprecedented cooperation.Now, say it again, this is efficient. Requires only one or two officers to assume custody of a criminal alien target, rather than eight or 10 officers going into the community and arresting that public safety threat. This frees up more officers to arrest or remove criminal aliens, more officers taking custody of criminal aliens directly from the jails, means less officers on the street doing criminal operations.This is smart law enforcement, not less law enforcement. It’s safer for the community, safer for the officers, and safer for the alien.This coordination also makes it far more safe for the Twin Cities.
Homan mentioned that during his first press conference, he wanted organization and crystal clear procedures. He also made it known that just because you have a badge doesn’t mean you’re free to do what you want. You must follow procedures.
It truly sounds like it was a mess before Homan arrived. The man knows what he is doing:
During my press conference last week, I announced that moving forward, ICE will be conducting targeted immigration enforcement operations like ICE has traditionally done for decades, based on reasonable suspicion to question and detain. ICE will conduct these operations and transnational criminal organization investigations with a focus on national security and public safety.I want to be clear, just because you prioritize public safety threats don’t mean we forget about everybody else. We will continue to enforce the immigration laws in this country.To help execute this, we have developed and implemented a multi-agency surge task force with an operational framework that clarifies lines of effort, integrated enforcement, investigative, and special response efforts.A unified Joint Operations Center has been established to manage all operations and ensure efforts aligned with priorities of the mission. This reorganization also enables ICE to leverage joint intelligence capabilities to effectively target threats, as well as to reduce overall personal footprint and enhance public safety and confidence in the agency’s capabilities and presence here.I’ve also ensured that officials from legal Internal Affairs offices remain on the ground as long as this operation continues.
I’m not shocked that Homan was behind the decision to equip all federal agents with body cameras. I bet it disgusted him that ICE agents did not have them:
During our efforts to identify and implement improvements of how operations are planned, conducted, and managed, we identified a gap in regard to the use of body worn cameras. This was actually raised by the workforce when I started walking around talking to people here. Some officers and agents had them, some didn’t. That inconsistency was unacceptable, so we moved immediately to prioritize full body cam deployment in the city.I discussed this with Secretary Noem a couple of days ago, and she made the decision to deploy them. The plan is to deploy them nationwide, but it’s priority for the city. Right now, there’s actually $20 million in the spending bill to further fund the deployment of body cameras. The President is supportive of this decision because we have nothing to hide. We want to be fully transparent in what we do.
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