2026-02-13
12 分钟The Trump administration is ending its immigration surge in Minnesota.
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It's Thursday, February 12th.
I'm Alex Osala for The Wall Street Journal.
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The Trump administration said today that it's ending the immigration crackdown in Minnesota.
Here's border czar Tom Homan speaking this morning.
Operation Metro Serves is ending.
And in the next week,
we're going to deploy the officers here in detail back to the home stations or other areas that countries are needed.
For more on the end of the operation and its impact,
I'm joined by WSJ immigration reporter Michelle Hackman.
Michelle, what were the administration's goals in Minnesota and did it achieve them?
Holman framed it that way today.
He said, we've accomplished everything that we've wanted to here in Minnesota.
But if you read between the lines, I think they are actually looking for a way to de-escalate.