President Donald Trump is sending border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota two days after a Border Patrol agent shot and killed an anti-immigration enforcement protester. 

Homan “has not been involved in that area, but knows and likes many of the people there,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday, referring to Minnesota.   

“Tom is tough but fair, and will report directly to me,” the president added. 

?President Trump is sending border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota tonight.

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Trump’s announcement follows reports of divisions in immigration enforcement and homeland security over the characterization of the shooting of 37-year-old nurse Alex J. Pretti that took place in Minneapolis Saturday.  

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Pretti “approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun. The officers attempted to disarm the suspect, but the armed suspect violently resisted. Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive........

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