Minneapolis surge ending, border czar Tom Homan says

Frey responded to Trump’s comments to NBC News that a “softer touch” is required for immigration enforcement in the city by saying that the change is welcome – but that the city has not changed its position that the immigration operation should be terminated.

"He's right that a softer touch has been required. The drawdown of both federal agents as well as the implementation of body cameras is obviously a step in the right direction. That being said, the continued presence of 2,000 federal agents in a city that only has 600 police officers is still not deescalation," Frey told CNN Wednesday evening.

The mayor repeated his calls for Operation Metro Surge to end.

Later, asked if he trusts White House Border Czar Tom Homan after meeting with Homan behind closed doors, Frey did not respond directly. He framed the meetings as “positive” while saying the city is still asking the White House to end the immigration operation.

Frey said that Alex Pretti and his family deserve an apology after being labeled by administration officials as an "assassin."

"Of course. I mean, this was one of my biggest frustrations from the very first moments following the killing of Renee Good," he said. "Before I went out there to do that very first press conference, I learned that head officials from the federal government were saying that the ICE agent was acting purely in self defense, and I don't know, an hour or two later, Renee Good herself was labeled as a domestic terrorist."

-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim

An 11-year-old student from the same school district as Liam Conejo Ramos was been released from immigration custody in Texas on Wednesday.

Elizabeth Zuna Caisaguano, a 4th grader at Highland Elementary, was the first student in the district to be taken into custody when she and her mother were detained by ICE on their way to school last month, according to Columbia Heights Public Schools.

The school district confirmed that both mother and daughter are currently traveling back home to Minnesota.

“We are filled with joy for the family, knowing Elizabeth’s father will soon be reunited with his daughter and wife,” a school district spokesperson said in a statement.

Caisaguano’s release comes just days after five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos—who was also detained last month—was released from the same facility in Dilley, Texas.

"We have been very concerned about her and our other students and families being held in detention centers,” the spokesperson said. “We seek the full release of all children and parents from detention centers across our country."

-ABC News' Laura Romero

President Donald Trump told NBC News that he learned his administration could use a "softer touch" on immigration.

Trump said he was the one who ordered the 700 federal agents to be drawn down from Minnesota, claiming the administration has seen more cooperation from local officials.

The move came nearly two weeks following the shooting death of Alex Pretti by federal agents. Trump was asked what he learned from the operations in Minneapolis.

"I learned that maybe we can use a little bit of a softer touch, but you still have to be tough," Trump responded, alleging, "We're dealing with really hard criminals."

-ABC News' Isabella Murray, Emily Chang and Michelle Stoddart

A majority of American voters say DHS Secretary Kristi Noem should be removed from her position, following the death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday found.

Fifty-eight percent of voters said Noem should be removed, including 91% of Democrats and 62% of independents, according to the poll. Roughly three-quarters of Republicans (74%) say Noem should remain in her job.

The DHS secretary has come under fire following her comments on the Pretti shooting where she initially claimed, without evidence, that the nurse was trying "to inflict maximum damage on individuals and to kill law enforcement." She later walked back her comments, contending, "we were using the best information we had at the time."

Additionally, 61% of voters surveyed said they think the Trump administration has not given an honest account of Pretti's shooting and killing.

The poll was conducted among 1,191 self-identified registered voters nationwide from Jan. 29, five days after Pretti's shooting, to Feb. 2. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.6 percentage points for the overall sample, which is larger among subgroups.

-ABC News' Emily Guskin