Minneapolis surge ending, border czar Tom Homan says
The surge yielded the "successful results we came here for," Homan said.
Alex Pretti, 37, was shot and killed on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis -- the second shooting of a U.S. citizen last month by federal agents in the city. His death was ruled a homicide by the county medical examiner.
The shooting of Pretti, an ICU nurse, ratcheted up tensions, as protesters clashed in the streets with law enforcement in the aftermath of the shooting.
The incident followed the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother, on Jan. 7.
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Homan says personnel providing security won't immediately draw down
While Border Czar Tom Homan said there would be a "draw down" of agents, he added that federal personnel providing security will not leave the city until the federal government sees a change in the "lawlessness" impeding ICE and Border Patrol agents.
"Stop impeding, stop violating the law because we will arrest you," he said Wednesday morning.
Feds to 'draw down' 700 agents in Minnesota
Border Czar Tom Homan said Wednesday the federal government will "draw down" 700 agents in the Minnesota area "effective immediately."
He also said that CBP and ICE agents in Minnesota are aligned.
"Any large operation I've ever been apart of is one chain of command and that's where we're moving forward," he said.
-ABC News' Luke Barr
Homan to speak in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning
The White House’s border czar, Tom Homan, is scheduled to hold a press conference on Wednesday morning in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Homan is expected to speak at 8 a.m. CT, according to the White House.
The border czar was dispatched early last week to Minnesota to attempt to find a solution to the tensions that have roiled the state in the wake of two fatal shootings involving federal agents.
Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection have been carrying out Operation Metro Surge in the state.
Homan said last Thursday that "massive changes" were expected, saying he had reached agreements with local and state officials that would eventually "draw down" the number of federal agents in the city.
"We will conduct targeted enforcement operations -- targeted; what we've done for decades," Homan said last week. "When we hit the streets, we know exactly who we're looking for, have a good idea of where we may find them."
More federal prosecutors leave Minnesota US Attorney's office: Officials
Eight more assistant U.S. attorneys are in the process of leaving the U.S. attorney's office in Minnesota, multiple officials told ABC News on Tuesday.
The departures come as frustrations are mounting inside the office about the handling of the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, sources told ABC News.
A Justice Department spokesperson referred ABC News to a February 2025 memo from the attorney general, which says in part, "when Department of Justice attorneys, for example, refuse to advance good-faith arguments by declining to appear in court or sign briefs, it undermines the constitutional order and deprives the President of the benefit of his lawyers."
The move comes in addition to six U.S. attorneys, including Joe Thompson, the lead prosecutor in the Founding Our Futures fraud case, who departed the office last month, according to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
-ABC News' Luke Barr