President Trump’s so-called border czar Tom Homan said Thursday federal agents will be ending “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota.

Tom Homan: “I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue to the next week.”

The weekslong crackdown saw about 3,000 officers from ICE, Border Patrol and other federal agencies conduct immigration sweeps across the Twin Cities region, often while masked and riding in unmarked vehicles. More than 4,000 people were detained as agents routinely deployed tear gas and pepper spray against protesters and bystanders, including children. Federal agents shot three people in Minnesota, two of them fatally: Renee Good and Alex Pretti. On Thursday, protesters continued to gather outside the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, skeptical of the Trump administration’s claims. This is anti-ICE protester Richie Mead.

Richie Mead: “Actions speak louder than words, so until we see them actually leave, we don’t believe it. We’re going to be out here until they prove it, until they stop running this Gestapo SUV, running through our streets, snatching up our neighbors, murdering our neighbors. Until that ends, we don’t believe it.”