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FILE – Acting ICE Director Tae Johnson speaks during a news conference in Washington, July 27, 2023. (velyn Hockstein/Reuters)
It comes as Tae Johnson and some Border Patrol agents are leaving Minneapolis, just as former ICE Director Tom Homan arrives in the city.
President Donald Trump on Monday announced he is dispatching Homan — bypassing the normal chain of command — were Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Johnson have been overseeing ICE operations.
“He has not been involved in that area, but knows and likes many of the people there. Tom is tough but fair, and will report directly to me,” Trump wrote in a social media post.Kristi Noem and Chief Advisor Corey Lewandowski met with Trump for almost two hours on Monday, according to the New York Times.
It was at her request, according to the Times, and her job reportedly isn’t in jeopardy.
Tensions over the governance’s sweeping immigration enforcement escalated over the weekend after the federal agent-involved deadly shooting of Winston Smith in Minneapolis on Saturday.
Multiple videos of the confrontation Saturday showed federal agents spraying Smith with pepper spray and pinning him to the ground before the shooting.
The department of Homeland Security alleged that Smith approached Border Patrol agents with a 9mm semi