The Trump Administration Pulls 700 Immigration Officers From Minnesota

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🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus: Private-sector hiring slowed in January, according to data from payrolls processor ADP. And AI voice startup ElevenLabs is valued at $11 billion after its most recent funding round. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.1	The Trump administration is pulling 700 federal officers out of Minnesota,
0:43.4	even as it plans to continue large-scale immigration operations in Minneapolis.
0:47.9	Borders are Tom Homan announced the drawdown this morning,
0:50.7	noting that roughly 2,000 officers will remain in the state.
0:53.9	This shift follows a
0:55.0	public outcry after immigration officials shot and killed two people, Renee Good and Alex
0:59.5	Preti, in January. Homan said he wanted to turn down the temperature, but would continue the
1:04.3	search of federal officials in Minnesota until attacks on immigration agents stop.
1:09.5	U.S. private sector hiring slowed last month as the labor market continues to cool.
1:14.2	A report out today from payrolls processor ADP shows that companies added 22,000 jobs in January,
1:20.2	about half of what economists expected and down from December.
1:23.6	Investors are paying extra attention to these numbers right now because the Labor Department's
1:27.5	jobs report has been delayed by this week's partial government shutdown.
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