The Trump administration’s border czar gave few specifics on when that would happen, or what would need to happen first.
White House border czar Tom Homan holds a news conference in Minneapolis. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP
Border czar Tom Homan said he would draw down the number of federal immigration agents in Minnesota during a press conference Thursday, but he offered few details on timing, numbers or what would happen next.
Homan said in his first public remarks leading the Minnesota operation that the plan to scale down the deportation surge would depend on agreements to detain immigrants in county jails upon their release.
“The drawdown will come soon, depending on when I see this in play,” Homan said.
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