Homan’s Arrival In Minneapolis Could Change Who Feds Arrest In Immigration Raids

White House border czar Tom Homan’s arrival in Minneapolis has already led to discussions about making changes to which illegal immigrants federal authorities should be targeting.

Homan arrived in the Twin Cities on Monday after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti. Behind closed doors, the former ICE chief has already been critical of the strategy Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her ally, El Centro sector Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino, have employed to increase the number of arrests rather than to focus on the quality of arrests in nabbing the worst criminals, sources within the federal government recently told The Daily Wire.

President Donald Trump sent Homan to Minneapolis, replacing Bovino, who was commanding arrests in the region with more aggressive and showy tactics. Bovino has since been reassigned to the border.

Homeland Security sources on the ground told The Daily Wire that Homan’s arrival has already brought about changes to their target lists, but noted that nothing is final. The sources were granted anonymity to speak because they’re not authorized to do so publicly.

“Targeting is changing strategies,” one source said.

Another source said they’ve “been told strictly target packages for now until they decide how to designate targets and collateral.” Collaterals are illegal immigrants that federal agents find near their criminal targets.

The source noted that on Tuesday, “the policy changed three times in the matter of four hours.”

Senior DHS officials are currently in discussions about what arrests will look like going forward, sources said.

On Monday, federal immigration agents arrested illegal immigrants in Minnesota who carried convictions for kidnapping, child rape, assault on a law enforcement officer with a firearm, assault, and possession of fraudulent documents, according to DHS.

A White House official told The Daily Wire that immigration raids “should be targeted enforcement operations,” adding that “when a target is located, if there are others with them that are illegally present, these individuals should absolutely be arrested.”

“No one has directed an end to collateral arrests,” the official said.

A Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said that “no such order was given” to change arrests.

“CBP will continue to enforce the law in Minneapolis, just as they do across the country,” the spokesperson said.

While in Minneapolis, Homan has also met with Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey in an attempt to negotiate better cooperation from local police.

Frey, however, appears to be digging in his heels and said the city “does not and will not enforce federal immigration laws.”

Trump fired back at the sanctuary city mayor, saying he was “playing with fire.”