After more than two months of an aggressive—and deadly—occupation of the Twin Cities, top immigration official Tom Homan said during a press conference on Thursday that the Trump administration is scaling back “Operation Metro Surge.” Yet some local officials who have long been at odds with federal leaders aren’t buying it.
Elliott Payne, the president of the Minneapolis City Council said, “I’ll believe it when I see it.”
Immigration enforcement will still continue in the region, Homan also admitted, adding that removing agents depends partly on if “agitators” behave as the administration sees fit.
removing agents depends partly on if “agitators” behave as the administration sees fit.
More tacit admissions that this isn’t remotely about immigration, but about punishing the cities containing political opponents.



