Chai! Na wah o! E be like say wahala don dey for Minnesota as President Trump don announce say dem go withdraw 700 immigration agents wey dey run am for the state. Tom Homan, wey be ‘border tsar’, talk am for one news conference wey gree everybody dey yarn.
Homan say dem go start the drawdown sharp-sharp, and dem go focus on cutting down the federal immigration presence to wetin e dey before Trump call for agents to come last December. As e stand, around 2,000 agents still dey remain for the state, but e go depend how local officials and community go cooperate, dem talk.
But make we no forget say this operation no be all rosy. Two US citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, sabi die by bullet wey federal agents shoot during dis matter. Homan talk say despite all di wahala, dem don still make progress. E say dem dey follow better plan now, with correct command structure wey dey work.
Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota don respond to dis yawa, say Homan’s announcement na small step, but dem need faster and bigger reduction of dem forces. E don yarn say ICE action no dey make Minnesota safer at all; rather na more tension dey brew.
Dis wahala dey trace back to last year December when Trump decide to send plenty agents to curb illegal immigration. Before dem bring all di agents come, na only about 150 federal officers dey normally dey around. Omo! Now di agents wey dey for Minnesota dey range from about 3,000 to 4,000, wey fit dwarf local police officers wey get only roughly 600.
As Homan dey run him mouth for the press conference, e suggest say if dem fit reduce di ‘negative’ talk about immigration officers, dem go withdraw di agents faster. Na vex wey dey make dem dey work like dis o, according to am. Homan no wan gree say any innocent person go suffer, e still defend say dem dey do target-based operations. Wetin be that one? You go just dey find people wey you no know say dem dey innocent ni!
Homan talk say factors dey cause dem to withdraw agents, but if local people continue to disturb dem, e go delay process even more. Na one kind bitter pill, because e mean say any hope to reduce federal agents for Minnesota depend on how people fit cooperate with di immigration enforcement.
So make we dey watch di drama as e dey unfold, because the next steps no clear yet! Homan don talk say they still dey meet with local officials, but we never see how they go plan at all.
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