Overview
- White House border czar Tom Homan said 700 officers are leaving the Twin Cities, with roughly 2,000 remaining and any full drawdown tied to cooperation from local authorities.
- President Trump said the enforcement effort needs a “softer touch,” as scrutiny intensified following the January shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents.
- Police arrested 11 demonstrators outside a Minneapolis hotel believed to be housing agents, and a city council committee delayed liquor-license renewals for two downtown hotels linked to agent lodging.
- Federal judges report a crush of habeas petitions challenging detention practices, with sharp rebukes over ignored release orders and warnings of possible contempt against officials.
- Judicial Watch filed a FOIA lawsuit to obtain video and body-camera footage from a July 4 attack on ICE’s Prairieland Detention Facility, and Congress has scheduled public hearings with ICE, CBP and USCIS leaders next week.