US EditionUS Border Chief in Minneapolis as Trump Tries to Calm Crisis
Tom Homan meets local leaders amid protests after two civilians were fatally shot by immigration agents in recent weeks, sparking national backlash and calls for policy review.
- On Tuesday, Tom Homan, the administration's border czar, arrived in Minneapolis to meet Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, with President Donald Trump saying, `I hear things are going very nicely`.
- Amid rising criticism over aggressive tactics, fatal shootings of two civilians turned Minneapolis, Minnesota, into a flashpoint highlighting roving ICE and Border Patrol units central to Trump's mass-deportation policy.
- Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was shot multiple times after being knocked to the ground during a scuffle on an icy road, and protester Renee Good, a mother of three, was shot at point-blank range in her car on January 7.
- Protests prompted Minneapolis police deployments while some locals welcomed ICE’s expected scale-back; certain federal agents including Gregory Bovino, Border Patrol commander, were expected to leave and Senator Rand Paul demanded administrative leave.
- Political pressure grew as former presidents condemned the killings and President Joe Biden said the situation betrays basic American values, while Democrats in Congress may block routine spending votes later this week.
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Donald Trump tries to defuse Minnesota outrage as ICE chief is sent home
Donald Trump’s border tsar Tom Homan met with Minnesota’s governor and the mayor of Minneapolis yesterday, as the White House seeks to defuse the unrest that has gripped the city after the fatal shootings of two US citizens by federal agents.
Suffolk DA on Minneapolis: ICE’s, Border Patrol’s tactics ‘threaten citizens everywhere’
In the wake of the killing of two American citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis this month, Boston’s top prosecutor is sounding the alarm about the potential public safety threat posed by their presence in cities.“The unprecedented incursions into our communities by ICE, Border Patrol and Homeland Security agents have eroded, not enhanced, public safety,” Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in a press release sent Tuesday aft…
However, according to US President Donald Trump, federal agents are not planning to withdraw completely from Minnesota.
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US border chief in Minneapolis as Trump tries to calm crisis
President Donald Trump's "border czar" arrived in Minneapolis on Tuesday as the US president struggled with damage control after the fatal shootings of two civilians fueled a storm of criticism over his signature immigration crackdown.
Donald Trump is trying to calm down in the face of the wave of outrage caused by the death of a second American protestor killed by federal agents in Minneapolis. The president sent Tom Homan, his special immigration adviser, to the place. This 64-year-old man, champion of an aggressive strategy, embodies a long-standing line for several years. - United States: who is Tom Homan, the "tsar of borders" sent by Trump to Minneapolis to calm minds? (…
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