The latest: Border czar plans Thursday morning news conference

February 12, 2026
ICE agents gather after stopping a man in a white pickup truck (seen in the background) on Bottineau Boulevard in Robbinsdale on Wednesday. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

An anti-ICE protest at the Richfield Target led to several arrests on Wednesday evening.

The Minnesota Star Tribune

White House border czar Tom Homan, who is overseeing Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, plans to hold a news conference Thursday morning.

After recent conversations with federal officials, Gov. Tim Walz said this week the surge of federal agents in Minnesota could soon be winding down. There were no early indications on what Homan would discuss at Thursday’s media briefing.

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