White House border czar Tom Homan holds a news conference at the Bishop Whipple Federal building in Minneapolis on Thursday.

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A monthslong immigration enforcement crackdown that roiled Minnesota, led to the deaths of two US citizens and triggered widespread outrage is coming to an end, White House border czar Tom Homan announced today.

“I have proposed and President Trump has concurred that this surge operation conclude,” Homan said.

At its peak, about 3,000 immigration officers were surged into the area, initially under the control of Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino. Homan took over the operation on January 26 after the Trump administration faced political backlash to the deadly shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, anti-ICE protesters who were US citizens.

Homan announced on February 4 he would “immediately” withdraw 700 federal law enforcement personnel from the area, a decision he said was possible due to increased cooperation from local sheriffs holding suspected undocumented immigrants in their jails.

Trump has seesawed between messages of pugilism and reconciliation, promising on Fox News Homan would “de-escalate a little bit,” but also threatening Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was “playing with fire” after the mayor said the city would not directly enforce federal immigration laws.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — a frequent political target of President Trump — said on Tuesday he hoped the administration would announce a wind down of the operation by the end of the week.

The Department of Homeland Security has said its officers arrested thousands of “criminal illegal aliens” during Operation Metro Surge.