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FULL PRESSER: Tom Homan announces end to surge operation in Minneapolis
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25:28Now PlayingPresident Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, made the remarks a week after he said the administration would begin to draw down about 700 federal agents from the Minnesota capital’s streets.
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