US EditionOlivia Wilde and Others Criticize ICE After Minneapolis Shooting Amid Protests
The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents intensified protests against expanded ICE operations, sparking calls for de-escalation and impacting DHS funding debates.
- On Saturday, U.S. Border Patrol agents shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse, who was soon pronounced dead as crowds confronted federal officers in Minneapolis.
- Amid a large federal deployment, thousands of ICE and Border Patrol agents were operating in Minneapolis, where the Pretti killing is the second fatal federal-agent shooting this month after Renee Good was shot on January 7.
- Autopsy findings classified the killing as homicide, while video evidence shows agents surrounding Pretti and a gun taken from his holster; DHS said he 'violently resisted' with a handgun.
- Growing Democratic opposition is raising the prospect of a government shutdown as Senate Democrats pledge to block any spending bill funding ICE, with $64.4 billion for DHS and a Jan. 30 deadline.
- Bipartisan officials demanded independent investigations and committee hearings as Minnesota state investigators reported being blocked from the scene and Zach Duckworth urged, `Take the rhetoric down, calm the situation, and return the focus to where it should be, which is keeping us all safe.
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Hollywood stars like Natalie Portman used the red carpet of the Sundance Film Festival in Utah to denounce the death of Alex Pretti.
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"I'm horrified and disgusted!" After the fatal shots at 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minnesota, Hollywood stars take an open stand at the Sundance (U.S. state of Utah) film festivals against the U.S. immigration agency ICE. Among them, Natalie Portman and Olivia Wilde, who, in their appearances on the red carpet, wore a pin with the inscription "ICE OUT" and openly said their opinion about the "terrible" circumstances in the U.S. "This country suf…
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