Trump to 'draw down' 700 immigration agents in Minnesota

Trump administration to withdraw 700 federal immigration agents from Minnesota as part of a shift in enforcement strategy, even as broader operations and protests continue.

Reuters

4 February 2026 at 14:38:08

Trump to 'draw down' 700 immigration agents in Minnesota

U.S. President Donald Trump sits behind a bill he signed to end the partial government shutdown, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 3, 2026.

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U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will reduce the number of federal immigration agents in Minnesota by 700, White House border czar Tom Homan announced on Wednesday.

Trump has deployed thousands of armed immigration agents in and around Minneapolis this year, drawing protests.

Homan said he was partially drawing down the deployment because he was seeing "unprecedented" cooperation from Minnesota's elected sheriffs who run county jails.

"Let me be clear, President Trump fully intends to achieve mass deportations during this administration, and immigration enforcement actions will continue every day throughout this country," Homan said at a news conference. "President Trump made a promise. And we have not directed otherwise."

-Reporting by Jonathan Allen; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama/Reuters