Trump’s Border Czar Pulls 700 Agents Out of Minnesota Like a Magic Trick
KEY POINTS
- •Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, announced 700 federal agents will leave Minnesota by February 13.
- •Homan took over immigration enforcement from Gregory Bovino days after Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting.
- •The stopgap bill funds the Department of Homeland Security only until mid-February while tensions rise in the Twin Cities.
In a move that sounds like a plot twist from a very bureaucratic soap opera, Trump’s self-styled 'border czar' Tom Homan announced 700 federal agents will peace out from Minnesota before Valentine’s Day – specifically by February 13th. Homan, who hopped into this role just days after the grim shooting of Alex Pretti and the subsequent backlash that probably involved more Twitter fingers than policy fixes, replaced senior official Gregory Bovino. This script unfolds in Minneapolis, where discussions reportedly include Homan chatting up reporters about how to stop border agents from turning into border ghosts in the Great North. The funding for Homeland Security now limps forward just until that mid-February deadline, leaving Minnesotans to wonder if 'stopgap' is political code for 'hurry up and watch.'
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Trump’s border czar is calling it quits in Minnesota faster than a group chat disappears when politics show up. Security funded until 2/13, because who needs consistency when you have drama?
700 federal agents leaving Minnesota sounds less like a border operation and more like the opening credits of a bad reality show reboot.
Nothing screams 'effective border policy' like a stopgap bill and a mass agent exodus just before Valentine’s Day breakup season.
Source: Theguardian | Published: 2/4/2026 | Author: Lucy Campbell (now); Shrai Popat and Tom Ambrose (earlier)
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