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   A "small" federal security force will remain in Minnesota "for a short   
   period of time" after the immigration enforcement crackdown ends,   
   according to White House border czar Tom Homan.   
      
   "We already removed well over 1,000 people, and as of Monday-Tuesday,   
   we'll remove several hundred more. We'll get back to the original   
   footprint," Homan said, speaking on CBS' Face the Nation on Sunday.   
   Exceptions beyond that footprint, he said, will include agents who will   
   remain to finish investigating allegations of fraud related to day care   
   funds as well as the anti-ICE protest that had disrupted service at a   
   church, where a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official is a   
   pastor.   
      
   Homan said an additional security force — described in size only as   
   "small" — will stay to "respond to when our agents are out, and they get   
   surrounded by agitators and things got out of control."   
      
   "They'll remain for a short period of time, just to make sure the   
   coordination, the agreements we have with local state law enforcement   
   stay in place, and they respond to a public safety threat when needed,"   
   Homan said, adding that he hoped that contingent of security forces "can   
   be removed fairly quickly."   
      
   On Thursday, Homan announced the conclusion of the Trump   
   administration's "Operation Metro Surge," which sent thousands of   
   immigration agents into the state. This drew extensive protests, as   
   agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens.   
      
   On CBS on Sunday, Homan was also asked about the shutdown at the   
   Department of Homeland Security that began this weekend after lawmakers   
   failed to agree on agency funding as Democrats push for policy changes.   
   Homan repeatedly said he was not a part of those negotiations, though he   
   also took issue with some of the Democrats' demands, including calls to   
   prohibit ICE agents from wearing masks to conceal their faces.   
      
   "I don't like the masks either," Homan said, but also echoed the   
   Republicans' argument that revealing officers' identities would would   
   make it easier for people to dox them. "The masks right now are for   
   officer safety reasons." ICE has not shared details of violence or   
   attacks related to exposure of agents' identities.   
      
   https://www.npr.org/2026/02/15/nx-s1-5715151/minnesota-immigrati   
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