The drawdown comes amid the continued fallout from the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good by federal agents in Minneapolis.

The Trump administration has said it is ending its aggressive immigration crackdown in Minnesota in a significant climbdown after the killing of two US citizens by federal enforcement officers sparked a widespread backlash.

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White House border czar Tom Homan announced that President Donald Trump has approved the concluding of a surge of federal immigration authorities into Minnesota following a two and a half month enforcement operation.

Refugees from three continents are suing the Department of Homeland Security, saying immigration agents illegally arrested and detained them as part of a Trump administration review of asylum seekers.

"Because we have taken out thousands of criminals, their crime is down," the president said when speaking about Minnesota. "Not because of anybody else, it's because of us their crime is down."

“U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics,” Trump said. “If that’s the case, he shouldn’t have tried out for the Team and it’s too bad he’s on it. Very hard to root for someone like this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”