DHS won’t do immigration crackdowns based on specific cities: report

WASHINGTON (TNND) — There are no upcoming plans for massive immigration crackdowns specifically based on cities, Department of Homeland Security officials told NBC News.

This report comes after Border czar Tom Homan announced that Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota would be ending and multiple federal agents were pulled out of the state.

“As a result of our efforts here Minnesota is now less of a sanctuary state for criminals,” Homan said at a news conference earlier this month. “I have proposed and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude.”

Multiple anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protests sprung up around Minnesota, specifically after demonstrators Renee Good and Alex Pretti were shot by ICE while protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

The FBI has been investigating both instances. A spokesperson for DHS said that Good was shot for trying to run an agent over with her car. In the Pretti case, Trump was critical of him for bringing a gun to a protest.

Two DHS agents told NBC News that ICE will focus on arresting criminals with immigration violations or those with a serious criminal record.

The operations will reportedly no longer be based on specific cities.

The agents also said that Border Patrol agents likely won’t be actively involved with enforcing immigration operations, but will be focused on the border.