US EditionTrump dispatches border czar Homan to Minnesota after second fatal shooting
Tom Homan will oversee ICE operations in Minnesota following two fatal agent-involved shootings and lead investigations into related fraud, amid protests and bipartisan scrutiny.
- On Jan 27, 2026, President Donald Trump appointed Tom Homan, White House border czar, to oversee ICE operations in Minnesota, reporting directly to him amid a federal enforcement reshuffle.
- Public and bipartisan criticism of Minneapolis enforcement tactics pushed the White House to act after widespread backlash over the videotaped fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen nurse, with White House officials telling NBC that Mr. Trump worried the operation's visuals were unsustainable.
- Departures of some Border Patrol agents and Gregory Bovino are scheduled for Tuesday as the administration shifts enforcement from broad street raids to targeted actions at jails and prisons.
- Legal and congressional pressure escalated as officials limited the federal review to agency use-of-force rules, while House Judiciary Committee Democrats demanded records and state officials sought evidence preservation.
- Tom Homan's long ICE career and role defending family-separation policies shape how his Minneapolis tenure is viewed, with critics noting a reported 2024 FBI recording of him accepting $50,000 and past investigations later closed.
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Trump, seeking damage control, weighs less aggressive approach in Minneapolis
WASHINGTON/MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 27 - Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, met with Minnesota's governor on Tuesday ahead of talks with the mayor of Minneapolis, as the White House seeks to defuse the unrest that has gripped the city after the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal agents. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Slog AM: Bovino’s Boned, Government Union Pressures Noem and Miller to Resign, Scarecrow Video Buys Its Building
The Stranger's morning news roundup. by Vivian McCall Broken Cog Replaced: Two days after Alex Pretti was shot and killed in the street, Border Patrol “commander at large” Gregory Bovino was frogmarched from the proverbial building and demoted to his former post in California. He’ll soon retire. White House Border Czar Tom Homan will take Bovino’s place. This is the Trump administration equivalent of sending someone to the gulag. www.cnn.com/…
Trump takes direction from Fox morning show
Shortly after a Fox morning host repeated a plea to send Tom Homan to Minneapolis, Donald Trump announced he was sending him there. While it is certainly possible that the Trump Administration was discussing sending the suspect of mishandling or accepting $50,000 inappropriately, Tom Homan, to replace ICE leadership in Minnesota in parallel to Fox's Brian Kilmeade repeatedly urging them to do so, it does seem awfully coincidental. — Read the res…
Trump inches back ICE deployment in Minnesota
What happenedPresident Donald Trump on Monday signaled a new approach to his deportation operation in Minneapolis, pulling out Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino, the divisive public face of the operation, and sending in his border czar Tom Homan. Homan, Trump wrote on social media, “will report directly to me.” He also said he had “very good” phone calls with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) and Gov. Tim Walz (D), adding that he and Walz ”a…
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