From Newsweek:
Protests erupted in multiple U.S. cities after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot Alex Pretti, a 37‑year‑old intensive care unit nurse, during a federal immigration operation in Minneapolis, escalating tensions over immigration enforcement and prompting Democratic lawmakers to demand that federal officers leave Minnesota. Demonstrations broke out in Minneapolis, New York, Washington and Los Angeles, with hundreds braving subzero temperatures in Minnesota to confront federal agents in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting involving an ICE officer earlier this month. [scroll for more:]
The killing of Pretti has intensified a growing national backlash against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, raising questions about the conduct of federal law enforcement during immigration operations and fueling political pressure on Democrats to withhold funding for the Department of Homeland Security.