Minneapolis surge ending, border czar Tom Homan says

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz addressed the announcement that Operation Metro Surge would end and said he was "cautiously optimistic" that the order would go through.

Walz noted that Operation Metro Surge's impact on Minnesota would be lasting even after federal agents leave.

"The fact of the matter is they left us with deep damage," Walz said. "Generational trauma, they left us with economic ruin in some cases, they left us with many unanswered questions. Where are our children? Where and what is the process of the investigations into those who were responsible for the deaths of Renee and Alex?"

"While the federal government may move on to whatever next thing they want to do, the state of Minnesota and our administration is unwaveringly focused on the recovery of what they did," he added.

-ABC News' Matt Foster

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., released a statement Thursday saying the federal government's announcement that it was ending its immigration policy surge in Minnesota "is not enough."

"There must be justice and accountability. This administration must fully cooperate with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti," she said.

The Democratic congresswoman, who has been slammed by the president and his allies over her criticism of ICE, urged Congress to demand answers from the federal government.

"They must explain who authorized these actions, what legal justifications were used, and why constitutional protections were ignored. Our businesses deserve economic restitution for the harm done," she said.

-ABC News' John Parkinson

The federal government's immigration surge in Minneapolis is ending, border czar Tom Homan said at a press conference Thursday.

The surge yielded the "successful results we came here for," Homan told reporters.

Homan also claimed the twin cities and Minnesota in general "are and will continue to be much safer for the communities here because of what we have accomplished."

Homan said he was sent to Minneapolis to "identify issues and implement solutions" to make their "mission" more successful. 

"I have proposed and President Trump has concurred that this surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue to the next week," Homan said later on at the press conference.

President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, is scheduled to hold a press conference on Thursday morning in Minneapolis, according to the White House.

Homan is expected to speak at 8 a.m. local time, briefing the press about a week after he said the administration would begin to draw down about 700 federal agents from the Minnesota capital’s streets.

Thousands of federal agents have been operating in Minnesota as part of Operation Metro Surge, an operation launched in December by the Trump administration with the stated goal of detaining undocumented immigrants.

A full drawdown of those agents would be dependent on the level of cooperation from local authorities, Homan said last week.

"My goal, with the support of President Trump, is to achieve a complete drawdown and end this surge as soon as we can, but that is largely contingent upon the end of the illegal and threatening activities against ice and its federal partners that we're seeing in the community," Homan said last Wednesday.

-ABC News’ Nicholas Kerr