Immigration latest: President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan announced the Department of Homeland Security will immediately withdraw 700 personnel from Minnesota, leaving about 2,000 officers on the ground.

The top lawyer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota has left the agency, the same week an ICE attorney was removed after telling a district judge that “this job sucks” and that the Trump administration is “overwhelmed” with immigration cases.

Chief Counsel Jim Stolley retired after 31 years of service, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told CNN. McLaughlin said Stolley’s retirement was scheduled to occur but did not provide additional details.

Still, the undercover operations reported in Minnesota would appear to be a “more extreme degree than we’ve seen in the past,” said Shah, in part because they seem to be happening in plain sight.

Where past ruses were aimed at deceiving immigration targets, the current tactics may also be a response to the Minnesota's sprawling networks of citizen observers that have sought to call attention to federal agents before they make arrests.

“They don’t have enough fuel,” Volonik said. “They’re trying to conserve energy by grouping everybody in the same hotel,” adding that “pretty much the whole hotel is relocating.”

She says she hasn’t seen any shortages, saying that there was “plenty of food to eat, no blackouts, everything’s good.”

Volonik said she saw “lots of tears, lots of crying,” from locals.

“People are very upset because all the workers here just pretty much lost their job and their livelihood,”

The Cuban government warned no Jet A-1 is available starting Monday. Nearly 400 weekly flights from American, Copa, and WestJet must perform technical stops to refuel.

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