A prayer vigil taking place Thursday at the airport in front of Signature Aviation, which is where many immigrants have been taken to then be flown to Texas. It took place the same day White House border czar Tom Homan announced a drawdown of operations in the Twin Cities.
Many at the vigil responded to news that the surge is coming to an end, after being the face of each protest for the last two months.
Now, local clergy and faith leaders are hopeful the siege on Minnesota and the Twin Cities is actually over.
"We certainly say go in peace, ICE," Minister JaNae Bates Imari said. "We're grateful that you're leaving, but we also say do not go and terrorize our neighbors."
Jonathan Zilsky, who worships at Christ Lutheran Church in St. Paul, says the healing process will be lengthy.
"It's like a silent tornado in some ways that's hit our city, or some other major disaster," said Zilsky. "And we know in Florida or other places, it takes years if not decades to heal from. Such a travesty."
Afterwards Bates Imari commented on Homan's announcement to end to the immigration crackdown in Minnesota.
"Yes, it is good that ICE is leaving Minnesota and ICE should not be deployed anywhere else," she added. "If we've learned anything in this state, we have learned the horror that they leave behind. The devastation that they leave behind. The terror that they leave behind, and no American wants that."
She said it's going to take significant time for the state to recover and heal.