The mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, announced on Monday, the 26th, that some federal immigration agents will soon leave his city, after a conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump, who praised the discussion saying that “much progress is being made.”
Frey said he asked Trump, in a telephone call, to halt the increase in immigration enforcement, and the Republican agreed that the current situation cannot continue.
The mayor also stated that some agents will begin leaving on Tuesday, the 27th. Frey noted that he will continue pressing for others involved in Operation Metro Surge to depart as well.
Among the agents expected to leave the city is the Border Patrol’s senior commander, Greg Bovino, according to a person familiar with the matter. Trump sent his border czar to Minnesota to oversee a large portion of the administration’s immigration enforcement efforts.
Bovino has been at the center of the administration’s aggressive crackdown on enforcement in cities across the country. His departure marks a major public shift in the federal law enforcement posture amid growing outrage over the fatal shooting that led to the death of ICU nurse Alex Pretti, 37, at the hands of Border Patrol agents.
*Source: Associated Press.
*Content translated with the aid of Artificial Intelligence, reviewed and edited by the Broadcast Editorial Team, the real-time news system of Grupo Estado
