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Border czar Tom Homan says he may withdraw some immigration agents from Minnesota

NPR | By Sergio Martínez-Beltrán,

Steve Inskeep

Published January 30, 2026 at 3:48 AM CST

After border czar Tom Homan's remarks that he's in talks about a possible drawdown of federal immigration agents, Minnesota is in a strange limbo. What do people make of the latest developments?

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Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán (SARE-he-oh mar-TEE-nez bel-TRAHN) is an immigration correspondent based in Texas.

Steve Inskeep

Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.