US EditionIowa City community protests ICE after Minneapolis shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti
- On Monday, President Donald Trump dispatched Tom Homan, White House 'border czar', to Minneapolis after Border Patrol agents killed protester Alex Pretti amid disputed claims.
- Republican senators and lawmakers confirmed Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, and backed the One Big, Beautiful Bill, boosting ICE funding to about $75 billion and enabling impunity in street patrols.
- A YouGov survey shows 57 percent disapprove of ICE, and the share saying tactics are too forceful rose by five points to 58 percent this month, critics say agents stir conflict in Maine's Somali‑American community.
- After the killing, multiple Republican senators including Sen. Thom Tillis and Sen. Bill Cassidy called for investigations as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer opposed DHS funding, risking a partial shutdown.
- On February 6, reports of ICE presence at the Olympics opening drew Italian criticism as Attilio Fontana said agents would secure the U.S. delegation, while Sergio Costa called it unacceptable and Matteo Piantedosi defended each delegation's choice.
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Minneapolis Unrest Sparks Powerful Reactions Across Sports
Source: David Berding / Getty The unrest unfolding in Minneapolis is rippling far beyond city streets, reaching locker rooms, arenas, and athletes who are once again being asked to perform amid collective grief. Read more about how the sports industry is reacting to the events taking place in Minneapolis and beyond. Following the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents, the sports world has responded with a mix of pauses, prot…
The performance of Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) agents in Minneapolis has become the axis of U.S. political life and has prompted not only a wave of popular protests, but the rejection of institutions traditionally aligned with Donald Trump, as Republican governors of various states and Minnesota business associations.Continue reading...
Over 200 Atlantans joined “ICE Out” protest in solidarity with Minneapolis
About 200 Atlantans converged on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office downtown on Friday evening to denounce the agency’s Jan. 7 killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis. The next day, Customs and Border Patrol agents killed another Minneapolis resident, Alex Pretti. State Rep. Gabriel Sanchez (D-Smyrna) decried ICE as “a rogue fascist entity that completely ignores the rule of law” at the Jan. 23 rally — one of dozens of Natio…
ICE's 'homicidal rage' at Americans filming them exposes their 'sense of shame': analysis
A columnist Monday described how the ICE killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis have revealed how federal immigration agents are trying to eliminate witnesses — but "they cannot eliminate us all."The Guardian's Moira Donegan wrote in an opinion piece that Pretti was among thousands of...
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