DHS, Minneapolis and ICE
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Federal agents have shot three people in Minneapolis in recent weeks, killing two U.S. citizens, Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Videos contradict the Trump administration's account of their deaths.
In October, an ICE agent shot a community observer, Marimar Martinez, five times during a confrontation in Chicago. DHS claimed that she rammed the ICE vehicle with her car and boxed it in, but surveillance footage does not show the agents were trapped.
As ICE and Border Patrol agents increasingly work alongside one another nationwide, it's often become difficult to tell them apart.
Misinformation about ICE authority has spread widely online. Federal law allows ICE to detain, arrest, and use force under defined conditions, and misunderstanding those powers can lead to dangerous real-world consequences.
ICE's budget hovered around $10 billion for years. But President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are taking the agency's funding to unprecedented levels.
U.S Senators Elissa Slotkin and Gary Peters plan to vote against a DHS funding bill following a fatal shooting in Minneapolis by a federal agent.
In the past months ICE and CBP have opened fire nearly 2 dozen times — killing at least 6 people including Alex Pretti.
Rockford, said he could not support the funding package without stronger oversight of ICE operations, arguing the agency has been used “against the American people.”
Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., renews call for testimony from ICE, CBP, and USCIS officials amid growing scrutiny of federal immigration enforcement after deadly shooting.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York says he'll vote against DHS funding after federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.