President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan announced in Minneapolis the morning of Feb. 12 that the administration’s Operation Metro Surge was coming to an end.
The operation saw over 3,000 agents brought to Minnesota starting in December 2025. The agents killed two American citizens during their activities in Minnesota. Renee Good, a Minneapolis mother of three was killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross on Jan. 7. Good’s fatal shooting was followed less than three weeks later with that of Alex Pretti, an intensive-care nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center.
Pretti was shot and killed by Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez and Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa on Nicollet Avenue and 26th Street in Minneapolis on Jan. 24. The location is just four blocks from Mshale’s office.
Homan in announcing the end of the surge claimed that the 3,000 agents arrested 4,000 people.
“I’m very pleased to report that this surge operation and our work here with state and local officials to improve coordination, and achieve mutual goals, as well as our efforts to address issues of concern here on the ground have yielded the successful results, we came here for in the Twin Cities,” Homan said.
Gov. Walz who had predicted a few days ago that a withdrawal was imminent, described the surge as “an unprecedented federal invasion in all aspects of life.”
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