Overview
- White House border czar Tom Homan said a limited rapid‑response team will stay in Minnesota temporarily to protect federal personnel and maintain coordination with local law enforcement.
- Homan reiterated that Operation Metro Surge has concluded, citing roughly 4,000 arrests and saying more than 1,000 federal personnel have already departed with additional withdrawals early this week.
- The deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good remain under FBI and DOJ review, and ongoing protests and scrutiny of enforcement tactics helped trigger a partial DHS funding shutdown.
- DHS communications chief Tricia McLaughlin will depart next week, with multiple reports saying she planned to leave in December and delayed her exit after the Minneapolis shootings.
- State and city officials rejected claims of new cooperation deals with ICE, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension reported the FBI denied it access to federal shooting case files, and Homan left open the possibility of future targeted deployments to other sanctuary jurisdictions.