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Narratives clashed over shooting death of Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti this weekend, with the Trump administration calling him a "domestic terrorist."
The fatal shooting of a Minneapolis protester by a federal immigration officer touched off a firestorm and prompted some fellow Republicans to question President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration crackdown,
Alex J. Pretti, 37, a U.S. citizen and registered nurse who worked at a U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs medical center in Minneapolis, was identified as the man fatally shot by a federal officer on Saturday, amid an immigration enforcement action.
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GOP Sen. Cassidy breaks with Trump over deadly shooting by Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy calls for full investigation after a Border Patrol agent shot and killed a man in Minneapolis during a DHS operation on Saturday.
President Donald Trump and his administration this week seemed to belatedly come to the realization that their Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minneapolis are going poorly.
President Trump on Sunday reiterated calls for Minneapolis and Minnesota officials, and other Democratic leaders, to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement actions. In a Truth Social post, he called for Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Gov.
Senior Trump administration officials on Sunday defended the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by immigration agents in Minneapolis even as video evidence contradicted their version of events and tensions grew between local law enforcement and federal officers.
The incident was one of five shootings in January involving federal agents conducting immigration enforcement, including the fatal shooting of Minnesota woman Renee Good. At least six immigrants have died this month in federal immigration detention,