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The AP [1/24/2026 10:18 PM, Jack Brook, Steve Karnowski, and Rebecca Santana, 31753K] reports a federal immigration officer shot and killed a man Saturday in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and ratcheting up tensions in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier. Family members identified the man who was killed as Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse who had protested President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city. After the shooting, an angry crowd gathered and protesters clashed with federal immigration officers, who wielded batons and deployed flash bangs. The Minnesota National Guard was assisting local police at the direction of Gov. Tim Walz, officials said. Guard troops were sent to both the shooting site and to a federal building where officials have squared off with protesters daily. Information about what led up to the shooting was limited, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that federal officers were conducting an operation and fired “defensive shots” after a man with a handgun approached them and “violently resisted” when officers tried to disarm him. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said during a news conference that Pretti had shown up to “impede a law enforcement operation.” She questioned why he was armed but did not offer detail about whether Pretti drew the weapon or brandished it at officers. The officer who shot the man is an eight-year Border Patrol veteran, federal officials said. Trump weighed in on social media by lashing out at Walz and the Minneapolis mayor. Trump shared images of the gun that immigration officials said was recovered and said: “What is that all about? Where are the local Police? Why weren’t they allowed to protect ICE Officers?” CBS News [1/24/2026 7:36 PM, Kerry Breen, 39474K] reports Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Pretti on Saturday morning "approached" U.S. Border Patrol officers while they were conducting "targeted" immigration enforcement operations, with a 9mm semiautomatic handgun. Noem said officers attempted to disarm him, but he "reacted violently," and "fearing for his life and the lives of his fellow officers around him, an agent fired defensive shots.” The Daily Wire [1/24/2026 6:23 AM, Cameron Arcand, 2494K] reports that in a statement sent to The Daily Wire by DHS, federal authorities said the incident occurred Saturday morning during a "targeted operation" for an illegal immigrant "wanted for violent assault," when another individual came up to Border Patrol agents with a "semi-automatic handgun." “The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted. More details on the armed struggle are forthcoming. Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots. Medics on scene immediately delivered medical aid to the subject but was pronounced dead at the scene," the statement read. "The suspect also had 2 magazines and no ID—this looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement. About 200 rioters arrived at the scene and began to obstruct and assault law enforcement on the scene, crowd control measures were deployed for the safety of the public and law enforcement. This situation is evolving, and more information is forthcoming," it continued. The Department of Homeland Security’s Operation Metro Surge has been ongoing in the Minneapolis area since late last year, which has yielded the arrests of over 3,000 people, including those in the country illegally with additional criminal charges and convictions. "DHS law enforcement continues to remove violent criminal illegal aliens from the streets of Minnesota. Just yesterday, they arrested pedophiles, sexual predators, and drug traffickers in Minnesota," Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement on Friday, highlighting notable arrests throughout the operation. The Wall Street Journal [1/24/2026 7:36 PM, Joseph Pisani, Mariah Timms, Sadie Gurman, and Neil Mehta, 646K] report that the city has been a tinderbox since the fatal shooting of Renee Good, also 37 and a Minneapolis resident, by an ICE agent. After that incident, the agent who fired the shots, Jonathan Ross, was whisked away from the scene, and Good was instantly labeled a “domestic terrorist” by Trump administration officials. Local law-enforcement officials were blocked from conducting an investigation. In the immediate aftermath of Saturday’s shooting, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other local officials attempted to draw the line against the federal law-enforcement operation that has turned the Twin Cities into a battleground. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said he ordered his officers to stay at the scene after they were told they weren’t needed. After federal authorities said Pretti had been armed, O’Hara described him as a legal gun owner with no criminal record and said he wasn’t aware of past interaction with law enforcement beyond traffic tickets. “Minnesota’s justice system will have the last word,” Walz said. Trump administration officials had different ideas. They labeled Pretti a “domestic terrorist,” echoing the Good case, and gave no indication that they would launch a civil-rights investigation examining whether the agent who fired on Pretti used excessive force—normally a common step after such shootings. The Department of Homeland Security said the man was shot after he approached officers with a handgun. “The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted,” DHS said. Video shows several masked agents struggling to push a man to the ground before gunfire is heard. He was pronounced dead on the scene, DHS said. The officer who shot him was an eight-year veteran of Border Patrol, according to federal officials. [Editorial note: consult video at source link] The New York Post [1/24/2026 5:05 PM, Geoff Earle and Elisha Fieldstadt, 42219K] reports that the shooting came during a "targeted operation" against an illegal immigrant wanted for violent assault when "an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun," a DHS statement said. Medics tended to the armed man, but he was pronounced dead at the scene, the statement said. In addition to the weapon, the suspect had two magazine clips and lacked identification, according to the feds, who said "this looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement. A 39-second clip shared to social media showed about half a dozen cops struggling with someone on the sidewalk in front of a donut shop at 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue, when the gunfire erupted. The officers appeared to scatter after the barrage of shots went off, according to the footage. The shooting happened after the man brandished a firearm with two magazines, a law enforcement source told The Post, sharing a photo of the firearm. The incident, which was captured on video, drew an immediate crowd of rowdy protesters, prompting law enforcement to fire multiple rounds of tear gas in an effort to disperse them. Rioters were seen hurling trash cans at an armored vehicle and chanting at armed federal officers in the aftermath of the incident. City officials called for calm and de-escalation at a press conference where they provided information about the victim

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FOX News [1/24/2026 9:07 PM, Jasmine Baehr, 40621K] reports Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on Saturday labeled the alleged actions of the suspect killed in a Border Patrol-involved shooting in Minneapolis as "domestic terrorism," accusing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey of inciting violence against federal officers while stressing that President Donald Trump is prepared to invoke the Insurrection Act if deemed necessary. "When you perpetuate violence against a government because of ideological reasons and for reasons to resist and perpetuate violence, that is the definition of domestic terrorism," Noem said during a news conference at FEMA headquarters in Washington, D.C. "This individual who came with weapons and ammunition to stop a law enforcement operation of federal law enforcement officers committed an act of domestic terrorism," Noem added. "That’s the facts.” Noem described the incident beginning while DHS officers carried out "targeted operations" in Minneapolis against an illegal alien whose criminal history included domestic assault, disorderly conduct, and driving without a valid license. "An individual approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9-millimeter semi-automatic handgun," and agents attempted to disarm him. "The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently," Noem said. "Fearing for his life and for the lives of his fellow officers around him, an agent fired defensive shots.” Medics attempted to render aid, Noem said, but the man, later identified as 37-year-old Alex Pretti, "was pronounced dead at the scene.” She also claimed that the Pretti had "two magazines with ammunition in them that held dozens of rounds" and no identification. "This looks like a situation where an individual arrived at the scene to inflict maximum damage on individuals and to kill law enforcement," Noem said. The shooting was followed by unrest in the area, Noem said. "Hundreds of protesters then showed up at the scene," she said. "They began to obstruct and to assault law enforcement officers," she added. "We saw objects being thrown at them, including ice and other objects, and a rampant assault began. "A [Homeland Security Investigation] HSI agent’s finger was bitten off.” She said crowd-control measures were deployed "to bring safety to the public and to law enforcement at the scene.” Noem said the situation "did not have to happen," placing blame on Minnesota’s political leadership. "The Minnesota governor and the Minneapolis mayor need to take a long, hard look in the mirror," she said. "They need to evaluate their rhetoric, their conversations, and their encouragement of such violence against our citizens and our law enforcement officers.”

NewsMax [1/24/2026 6:22 PM, Staff, 4109K] reports Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem criticized Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz during a press conference Saturday, accusing him and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey of encouraging violence against federal law enforcement after a deadly confrontation involving federal officers in Minneapolis. "We also recognize that the Minnesota governor and the Minneapolis mayor need to take a long, hard look in the mirror," Noem said. "They need to evaluate their rhetoric, their conversations, and their encouragement of such violence against our citizens and our law enforcement officers." Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said a 37-year-old man was shot and killed during a confrontation with federal law enforcement officials. Customs and Border Protection Commander Greg Bovino said the man, identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, was shot by a CBP officer and had a weapon and magazines of ammunition on him. Minneapolis police said Pretti, reportedly an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System, had no criminal record beyond parking tickets. Noem accused Walz of undermining federal officers. "I’ll remind you that Gov. Walz, today in his press conference, said that our officers were not even law enforcement, which is a lie," she said. "He’s called them the Gestapo. He’s encouraged residents and citizens and violent rioters to resist. He’s doxed their identities, putting themselves and their families’ lives in jeopardy." She also accused Walz of obstructing immigration enforcement and enabling corruption. "He’s refused to turn over murderers to federal law enforcement officers," Noem said. "He’s protected illegal criminals and protected them from being brought to justice and even overseeing a historic, unprecedented theft of American taxpayer dollars." Noem said the incident began during an operation earlier in the morning. "At 9:05 A.M. Central time, the Department of Homeland Security, law enforcement officials and officers were conducting targeted operations in Minneapolis against an illegal alien whose criminal history included domestic assault with intentionally inflicting bodily harm, disorderly conduct and driving without a valid license," she said. She said the situation escalated when "an individual approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun," adding, "The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently, [and] fearing for his life and for the lives of his fellow officers around him, an agent fired defensive shots." Noem said the man died at the scene despite medical efforts and claimed unrest followed. "About hundreds of protesters then showed up at the scene," she said. "They began to obstruct and to assault law enforcement officers." Walz has activated the Minnesota National Guard at the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office’s request, with officials citing concerns about "potential for continuing and growing conflict" tied to the "federal agent-involved shooting." Noem reiterated her call for cooperation. "There are two things that we have repeatedly asked the governor and the mayor to do," she said. "When they are going to release a dangerous criminal from their jails, turn them over to us so we can get them out of this country as soon as possible." "They have refused because they want us talking about attacking law enforcement officers instead of the fraud and the theft that they facilitated in Minnesota," Noem said.

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New York Post [1/24/2026 9:05 PM, Anna Young, 42219K] reports Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the federal agent who shot dead an armed Minneapolis protester who she said violently brandished a gun while attempting to interfere in the "targeted" arrest of a criminal migrant — and blamed the state’s Democratic leaders for the shooting. Noem said a Border Patrol agent, in fear of his life, rattled off "defensive" shots at 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti after he approached federal immigration officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun as tensions flared in South Minneapolis Saturday morning. "The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently," Noem said at a press conference Saturday night. "The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. Fearing for his life and for the lives of his fellow officers around him, an agent fired defensive shots. Medics were on the scene immediately and attempted to deliver medical aid, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.” In addition to the handgun, Noem said Pretti was also in possession of two magazines holding dozens of rounds of ammunition and was carrying no ID. While she noted the gun was illegal, Minneapolis police said Pretti was a lawful gun owner with a permit. "This looks like a situation where an individual arrived at the scene to inflict maximum damage on individuals and to kill law enforcement," the secretary added. Federal officials said Pretti intervened as agents were attempting to arrest Jose Huerta-Chuma, who criminal record includes domestic assault, disorderly conduct and driving without a valid license. The fatal incident, which captured on video from multiple vantage points, drew an immediate crowd of rowdy protesters, prompting federal law enforcement to fire multiple rounds of tear gas in an effort to disperse them. Follow The Post’s coverage of the shooting of a 37-year-old anti-ICE protester in Minneapolis. Rioters, who Noem said were trying to "obstruct and assault law enforcement," were seen hurling trash cans at an armored vehicle and chanting at armed federal officers. Noem said one Homeland Security agent even lost a finger in the violence — sharing a photo of the bloody, severed digit. "I want to remind everybody that this situation and this tragedy did not have to happen," she added, blaming Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for inciting the violence with their persistent "rhetoric" aimed at federal enforcement officers. "Our law enforcement are doing everything that they can to protect the public. We’re praying for this deceased loved one’s family and friends, but we also recognized that the Minnesota Governor and the Minneapolis Mayor need to take a long, hard look in the mirror.”

AP [1/24/2026 9:51 PM, Staff, 31753K] reports Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the Minneapolis man fatally shot by a Border Patrol officer approached officers with a handgun. In bystander videos, the man is seen with a phone in his hand but none appears to show him with a visible weapon. The second fatal shooting this month of an American citizen in Minneapolis at the hands of a federal agent has ratcheted up tensions in the city once again -- and led to disputed accounts of what happened. Alex Pretti, 37, an ICU nurse at a VA hospital, was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent Saturday morning. The Department of Homeland Security claims Pretti approached officers with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun and when officers attempted to disarm him, he "violently resisted." "Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots," DHS said. Local officials have disputed this characterization of events and criticized federal officials accusing them of rushing to "spin" the story. The Minneapolis police chief said Pretti was a licensed handgun owner. Minnesota’s gun laws permit open carrying a handgun as long as the gun owner has a valid permit. Videos of the confrontation showed the encounter between Pretti and officers. During the encounter, federal agents are seen spraying Pretti with a substance and pinning him to the ground before the shooting. A witness in a federal court filing said Pretti was one of three people pepper-sprayed by agents and was attempting to help a woman up when he was tackled by the agents. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Patrol Commander at Large Greg Bovino have claimed without providing further evidence, that Pretti arrived at the scene "to inflict maximum damage on individuals" and Noem told reporters that his actions amounted to "domestic terrorism." "This individual who came with weapons and ammunition to stop a law enforcement operation of federal law enforcement officers committed an act of domestic terrorism, that’s the facts." Despite being asked by reporters, neither Bovino and Neom answered when asked if Pretti ever brandished the gun before the encounter. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz criticized federal officials saying, before any investigation has been completed, "the most powerful people in the federal government are spinning stories." State and local officials say they will conduct their own investigation into the shooting and repeated their calls for federal immigration agents to leave the city.

NewsMax [1/24/2026 1:50 PM, Staff, 4109K] reports a 37-year-old Minneapolis man who city officials said had no criminal record beyond parking and traffic tickets was the person shot and killed Saturday in south Minneapolis. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara, in a press conference, reported the victim as a 37-year-old white male Minneapolis resident and said police believe "he is an American citizen." The victim has since been identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said that the man that the person had a firearm with two magazines and that the situation was "evolving." DHS distributed a photo of a handgun they said was on Pretti. The scene of the shooting, where protests continue, has been declared as an "unlawful assembly" declaration and a heavy police response is in place as crowds gather near the scene. Officers responding to reports of a shooting arrived to find an adult male with multiple gunshot wounds. Life-saving aid was being rendered when officers arrived, and the man was taken by ambulance to Hennepin County Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead, said O’Hara. He added that the department’s information about what led up to the shooting was "very limited," and that city officers have not received an official account from federal agencies. O’Hara said he has seen the video circulating on social media and requested the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to lead the investigation. He said the FBI was also believed to be on scene. O’Hara said Minneapolis police have established a command post and that representatives from local, county, state and regional agencies were assisting, including the Minnesota State Patrol and sheriff’s offices. The National Guard had been notified and was on standby, he said. Asked about a Department of Homeland Security statement claiming a person approached Border Patrol officers with a 9mm handgun and that an agent fired "defensive shots" during an armed struggle, O’Hara said Minneapolis police were not provided a public safety briefing about what happened before the video began circulating. He said preliminary information indicated more than one officer discharged a weapon, but he emphasized the investigation was just beginning.

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AP [1/24/2026 2:55 PM, Jack Brook, Steve Karnowski and Rebecca Santana] reports federal immigration officers shot and killed a man Saturday in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said a 37-year-old man was killed but declined to identify him. He added that information about what led up to the shooting was limited. The man was identified by his parents as Alex Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that federal officers were conducting an operation as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and fired “defensive shots” after a man with a handgun approached them and “violently resisted” when officers tried to disarm him. O’Hara said police believe the man was a “lawful gun owner with a permit to carry.” The officer who shot the man is an eight-year Border Patrol veteran, federal officials said. Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz said he had been in contact with the White House after the shooting. He urged President Donald Trump to end what the Department of Homeland Security has called its largest-ever immigration enforcement operation.

NewsMax [1/24/2026 11:53 AM, Sandy Fitzgerald, 4109K] reports the Department of Homeland Security said Saturday that the man shot and killed by federal agents died after a defensive struggle while officials were conducting a "targeted operation" seeking an "illegal alien wanted for violent assault." The man fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis has been identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, reports The Star Tribune, citing sources familiar with the investigation. Department of Homeland Security officials said that he was allegedly armed with a gun and two magazines, and distributed photos of the weapon. DHS said the man’s weapon had two magazines and that he was carrying "no ID." The statement did not indicate whether the man was the person being sought by federal agents. The agency has not released further details about what led up to the shooting, but witnesses said that the agents and the man were in an altercation before shots rang out. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said Saturday morning that her office and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) are working to coordinate the state’s response to the shooting, reported The Star Tribune in Minneapolis. Meanwhile, tear gas canisters have been fired to push back protesters from the Saturday morning shooting scene, and Minnesota State Patrol troopers have been deployed to keep the protesters away from the federal law enforcement agents. Several protesters have reportedly been arrested near the scene of the shooting, and dumpsters have been set on fire, according to local reports.

Blaze [1/24/2026 1:30 PM, Joseph MacKinnon, 1442K] reports the Department of Homeland Security said an armed suspect was fatally shot Saturday by a federal agent in Minneapolis and that the suspect "violently resisted" a disarming attempt. DHS indicated a firearm and two magazines were recovered. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the fatally shot man was 37 years old, the Associated Press reported, adding that the chief "urged people to remain peaceful and not to destroy the city." O’Hara said there was limited information about the shooting and called on people to leave the area and said it’s "not sustainable," the AP added.

Breitbart [1/24/2026 12:48 PM, AWR Hawkins, 2416K] reports a statement released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and read live on FOX News indicates that the agent who shot a man in Minneapolis Saturday fired "defensive shots." The statement says agents were "conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault." While conducting the operation, a man approached "U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9mm semiautomatic handgun." Officers tried to disarm the man but he "violently resisted." A photo released by DHS and published by CNN shows the 9mm handgun which was found at the scene where federal agents in Minneapolis shot the armed man. Breitbart News reported that man succumbed to his wounds.

Breitbart [1/24/2026 1:20 PM, AWR Hawkins, 2416K] reports a statement from the Department of Homeland Security says the armed man who was shot and killed in Minneapolis "wanted to…massacre law enforcement." The DHS said the armed man "approached US Border Patrol Officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun." Minneapolis Police Chief identified the deceased man as a 37-year-old white male who was a Minneapolis resident.

Breitbart [1/24/2026 3:02 PM, AWR Hawkins, 2416K] reports Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Greg Bovino held a press conference in which he stressed, "We will not allow violence against our law enforcement officers.” The presser aired live on FOX News, and Bovino emphasized the need for "state and local help–state and local law enforcement–to help us coordinate to get violent criminals off the streets.” He added, "Mayor Frey and [Minneapolis Police] Chief O’Hara, just a few minutes ago, did the opposite of that by omitting the fact that the suspect had a gun and magazines full of ammunition. In what looks like a situation where…an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement." Bovino reminded reporters of the position taken by himself, President Trump, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, and others, saying, "If you obstruct a law enforcement officer or assault a law enforcement officer you are in violation of the law and will be arrested."

NewsMax [1/24/2026 1:53 PM, Sandy Fitzgerald, 4109K] reports U.S. Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino said Saturday that the Minneapolis man shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent had approached agents "with a 9 millimeter semi-automatic handgun" and that the matter "looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement." The incident, Bovino said, took place at 9:05 a.m. local time, when "DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien" whose criminal history "includes domestic assault to intentionally inflict bodily harm, disorderly conduct, and driving without a valid license." During the operation, Bovino said, the man who was killed, who has been identified as 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti of Minneapolis, "approached U.S. Border Patrol agents" with the weapon. "The agents attempted to disarm the individual, but he violently resisted," said Bovino. "Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, a Border Patrol agent fired defensive shots.” He added that medics on the scene "immediately delivered medical aid to the subject, but the subject was pronounced dead" there. Bovino also described a volatile scene in which "about 200 rioters arrived" and "began to obstruct and assault law enforcement.” The man that was killed, Bovino said, "also had two loaded magazines and no accessible ID." "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement," he stressed.

Daily Signal [1/24/2026 4:40 PM, Anthony Iafrate, 549K] reports a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot an armed man in Minneapolis on Saturday who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said looked like was about to “massacre law enforcement.” The incident happened just 17 days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed Renee Good, who had hit the agent with her vehicle, in the same city. DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement shared with the Daily Caller News Foundation that the most recent shooting occurred when agents were carrying out a “targeted operation” and it appeared the now-deceased man was about to inflict “maximum damage” against law enforcement officers. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said during a Saturday press conference that the deceased was a 37-year-old white male who lived in the city. “At 9:05 AM CT, as DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault, an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun, seen here,” McLaughlin wrote in her statement. DHS shared with the DCNF a photograph of a gun with two magazines. ICE and Border Patrol are both agencies of DHS. “The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted. More details on the armed struggle are forthcoming,” the assistant secretary continued. “Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots. Medics on scene immediately delivered medical aid to the subject but was pronounced dead at the scene.” “The suspect also had 2 magazines and no ID—this looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement,” McLaughlin added. “About 200 rioters arrived at the scene and began to obstruct and assault law enforcement on the scene, crowd control measures were deployed for the safety of the public and law enforcement. This situation is evolving, and more information is forthcoming.”

FOX News [1/24/2026 4:11 PM, Jasmine Baehr and Aishah Hasnie, 40621K] Video: HERE reports Attorney General Pam Bondi accused Minneapolis and Minnesota leaders of fueling unrest after a Border Patrol-involved shooting left an allegedly armed suspect dead during a targeted immigration enforcement operation. Bondi told Fox News Saturday that sanctuary-style policies and rhetoric against federal agents have undermined public safety. Bondi made the remarks during a live interview with Fox News anchor Aishah Hasnie, hours after federal authorities said a Border Patrol (CBP) agent fatally shot a man DHS officials say was armed with a handgun during an enforcement operation in south Minneapolis. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), agents were conducting a targeted operation against an illegal immigrant wanted for violent assault when an individual approached officers armed with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun. Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino said agents attempted to disarm the man, but he violently resisted. "Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, a Border Patrol agent fired defensive shots," Bovino said. Authorities said the man was pronounced dead at the scene. Bovino said the suspect was carrying two loaded magazines and no accessible identification, describing him as appearing intent on causing "maximum damage" to law enforcement. Bondi placed responsibility for the unrest on Minnesota’s political leadership. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

NBC News [1/24/2026 6:40 PM, Monica Alba, 34509K] reports President Donald Trump and Department of Homeland Security officials are defending the shooting of a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis by federal agents, who they say was armed. It comes as the U.S. Attorney General did not rule out Trump invoking the Insurrection Act, and the DHS Secretary putting pressure on local leaders. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

NewsMax [1/24/2026 1:26 PM, Staff, 4109K] reports President Donald Trump blamed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for inciting violence while reviving broad fraud allegations in the state Saturday after federal immigration officers shot and killed a man during an operation in Minneapolis, an incident that drew protests and the use of tear gas, according to the Department of Homeland Security and city police. Trump posted his comments on Truth Social on Saturday: "This is the gunman’s gun, loaded (with two additional full magazines!), and ready to go – What is that all about? Where are the local Police? Why weren’t they allowed to protect ICE Officers? The Mayor and the Governor called them off? It is stated that many of these Police were not allowed to do their job, that ICE had to protect themselves — Not an easy thing to do! "Why does Ilhan Omar have $34 Million Dollars in her account? And where are the Tens of Billions of Dollars that have been stolen from the once Great State of Minnesota? We are there because of massive Monetary Fraud, with Billions of Dollars missing, and Illegal Criminals that were allowed to infiltrate the State through the Democrats’ Open Border Policy. "We want the money back, and we want it back, NOW. Those Fraudsters who stole the money are going to jail, where they belong! This is no different than a really big Bank Robbery. Much of what you’re witnessing is a COVER UP for this Theft and Fraud. "The Mayor and the Governor are inciting Insurrection, with their pompous, dangerous, and arrogant rhetoric! Instead, these sanctimonious political fools should be looking for the Billions of Dollars that has been stolen from the people of Minnesota, and the United States of America. LET OUR ICE PATRIOTS DO THEIR JOB! "12,000 Illegal Alien Criminals, many of them violent, have been arrested and taken out of Minnesota. If they were still there, you would see something far worse than you are witnessing today!".

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Washington Examiner [1/24/2026 3:25 PM, Joseph Nepomuceno, 1394K] reports President Donald Trump on Saturday alleged that Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey are "inciting insurrection" with their harsh anti-immigration enforcement rhetoric. Earlier in the day, an armed man was shot dead while engaging in a physical altercation with officers. Other administration officials have also voiced their strong support for federal law enforcement after officers shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old white male and Minneapolis resident who Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino said appeared to want to "massacre law enforcement." Pretti was armed with a 9mm handgun and two magazines of ammunition. "What is that all about? Where are the local Police? Why weren’t they allowed to protect ICE Officers?" Trump posted on Truth Social. "The Mayor and the Governor are inciting Insurrection, with their pompous, dangerous, and arrogant rhetoric!". The Minnesota Democrats have suggested that in order to regain peace, federal officers need to leave the city. Officers have faced a massive uptick in attacks coinciding with the rise of the "abolish ICE" movement, leading to violent escalations. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on Saturday criticized the White House’s decision to deploy ICE to Minneapolis, and wrote on X, "Get ICE out of Minnesota NOW.” In response, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said, "A domestic terrorist tried to assassinate federal law enforcement and this is your response? You and the state’s entire Democrat leadership team have been flaming the flames of insurrection for the singular purpose of stopping the deportation of illegals who invaded the country.” Other federal officials also supported the Border Patrol agents’ actions, including Bovino. "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement," he said in a press conference on Saturday. The Border Patrol union also weighed in, posting on X, "We have pleaded with and warned the media and the politicians that their irresponsible, hate-filled and false rhetoric is going to get people unnecessarily hurt, or worse, killed when they portray our agents and officers as the aggressors.” Trump suggested on Truth Social that the opposition to ICE and other federal immigration agencies’ presence in Minneapolis is an attempt by Democrats to distract from Minnesota’s large-scale fraud scandal. "AMONG OTHER THINGS, THIS IS A "COVER UP" FOR THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN STOLEN FROM THE ONCE GREAT STATE (BUT SOON TO BE GREAT AGAIN!) OF MINNESOTA! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP," he wrote on Truth Social.

Politico [1/24/2026 6:09 AM, Ben Johansen, Gregory Svirnovskiy and Erin Doherty, 13586K] reports just hours after federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis, Trump administration officials called the deceased a “would-be assassin” and blamed Democrats for siding with “terrorists.” Democrats, meanwhile, renewed calls for Minnesota officials to investigate the shooting and characterized the president’s immigration actions as “a campaign of organized brutality.” With few official details released on the latest shooting in Minneapolis, the White House and Democrats retreated to heated rhetoric in the immediate aftermath of Saturday’s incident, with President Donald Trump accusing state officials of “inciting Insurrection” and Democrats accusing federal agents of “murder.” “A would-be assassin tried to murder federal law enforcement and the official Democrat account sides with the terrorists,” deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller wrote on X Saturday, referring to a tweet from the Democratic National Committee about the shooting that stated “Get ICE out of Minnesota NOW.” Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota focused her anger on ICE, posting on social media: “This appears to be an execution by immigration enforcement. I am absolutely heartbroken, horrified, and appalled that federal agents murdered another member of our community.” Trump, in a post on Truth Social, described the man who was shot Saturday as a “gunman” and suggested a cover-up by Minnesota Democrats. The Justice Department has subpoenaed several Democratic Minneapolis state officials, including Gov. Tim Walz, who called the DOJ’s subpoena a “partisan distraction.” U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino told reporters at a Saturday press conference that the incident “looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement,” though he didn’t provide any evidence for his claim.

Washington Post [1/25/2026 5:00 AM, Marianne LeVine and Brianna Sacks, 24149K] reports Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem arrived at a ranch along the U.S.-Mexico border on the morning of Jan. 7 to host a roundtable on the historic decline in illegal border crossings. It was supposed to be a friendly event. Noem would ride a horse near the Rio Grande, get a look at buoys being installed in the water to deter migrants from entering the United States and hear from admiring ranchers. But a minute before the event began, an Immigration and Customers Enforcement officer shot and killed Renée Good on a street in Minneapolis, inflaming tensions over the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. The shooting was still registering across the nation when Noem declared what she believed had happened after being questioned by reporters two-and-a-half hours later. “It was an act of domestic terrorism,” Noem said as she stood beneath the warm Texas sun. “This goes to show the assaults that our ICE officers and our law enforcement are under every single day.” Homeland Security’s sprawling deportation campaign is a marked departure from the agency’s focus after its founding in the aftermath of Sept. 11. The department was created to protect the nation against foreign terrorists and work closely with federal and local agencies. Under Noem’s leadership, the agency has moved its focus to immigration enforcement — pulling and cutting resources from other operations, like the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to carry out the president’s mass deportation campaign. DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin rejected concerns that the agency has become more politicized under Noem as “false,” telling The Washington Post in an email that Noem has “refocused DHS to its core mission to protect the homeland.” She also said Noem does not “make decisions based on fleeting political popularity of the moment” and that the secretary and Trump are making good on the mandate they were given by the American people. “The American people, the law, and common sense are on our side,” McLaughlin said, “and we will not stop until law and order is restored after Biden’s open border chaos flooded our country with the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens.”

FOX News [1/24/2026 2:40 PM, Alexandra Koch Fox, 40621K] reports President Donald Trump sounded off on Truth Social after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot an armed man in Minneapolis on Saturday, claiming federal agents "had to protect themselves" because of the lack of support from local police in the blue city. The 37-year-old man, a U.S. citizen from Minneapolis, allegedly approached agents and then "violently resisted," while armed with a 9mm pistol and two magazines. "This is the gunman’s gun, loaded (with two additional full magazines!), and ready to go—What is that all about? Where are the local Police? Why weren’t they allowed to protect ICE Officers?" Trump wrote in the post. "The Mayor and the Governor called them off? It is stated that many of these Police were not allowed to do their job, that ICE had to protect themselves—Not an easy thing to do!". The president also called out Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., questioning her finances amid a federal fraud investigation.

NewsMax [1/24/2026 10:24 AM, Staff, 4109K] reports Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sharply criticized federal actions after a man was shot by a federal officer in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, marking the second such shooting in about a week amid the ongoing immigration enforcement surge. The shooting followed widespread protests over the Jan. 7 fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent, an episode that ignited intense local outrage and statewide political conflict. Walz has previously criticized the deployment of thousands of federal agents to the Twin Cities under an initiative known as Operation Metro Surge, saying it has heightened tensions and undermined public safety in communities already dealing with protests and civil unrest. The back-to-back shootings have fueled clashes between federal authorities and local leaders, with Walz and others demanding increased accountability and a pullback of federal personnel.

New York Post [1/24/2026 3:37 PM, Kathianne Boniello, 42219K] reports Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz activated the state’s National Guard in the wake of the fatal shooting of an armed Minneapolis man who allegedly tried to intervene as federal agents arrested a migrant. It’s unclear how many Guard members are being called in, as National Guard Major Gen. Shawn Menke called the number "adequate for this request," referring to a plea for assistance from the Hennepin County Sheriff’s office. Walz slammed the Trump administration Saturday, declaring state authorities would probe the fatal shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti. Walz demanded that the federal government stop enforcing federal law in Minneapolis.

NewsMax [1/24/2026 7:05 PM, Jim Thomas, 4109K] reports Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said during a press conference, "You ask us for peace, and we give it, and we get shot in the face on the streets coming out of a donut shop," after a U.S. Border Patrol officer shot and killed a 37-year-old man during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Saturday. The man who was killed was identified by relatives as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, an intensive care nurse who worked at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis. Pretti was a U.S. citizen and had no criminal record beyond traffic tickets. Democratic leaders have criticized federal law enforcement officials in response to the shooting, while federal authorities have said the officers were carrying out their duties. "It’s a campaign of organized brutality against the people of our state. And today, that campaign claimed another life. I’ve seen the videos from several angles, and it’s sickening…. You ask us for peace, and we give it, and we get shot in the face on the streets coming out of a donut shop," Walz said during a video clip aired Saturday on Newsmax’s "The Count." The Department of Homeland Security said Pretti approached Border Patrol officers with a 9mm semiautomatic handgun and that agents fired "defensive shots" after officers tried to disarm him and he "violently resisted." Federal officials did not specify whether Pretti brandished the gun, and bystander videos show him holding a phone, with none showing a visible weapon.

FOX News [1/24/2026 9:25 PM, Brie Stimson, 40621K] reports Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey along with several Minnesota senators and representatives, called on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to get out of the state on Saturday, hours after a deadly shooting in the city. "The city of Minneapolis is filing a declaration after today’s shooting to encourage the judge to rule on a temporary restraining order on Monday that would grant us immediate relief and help, would help stop this operation that has been so harmful to the city of Minneapolis, the state of Minnesota has resulted in multiple shootings and tragic deaths," the mayor said in a news conference. Frey said the "chaos that we are seeing" has been directly caused by ICE and the Trump administration. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., who joined Frey at the podium, said: "Our message is really clear and straightforward. We need ice out of Minnesota.” Klobuchar asserted that ICE is "not making us more safe as the tragic, tragic killing this morning, as people saw it viscerally on that video, shows us they are making us less safe.” She said the around 3,000 ICE and Border Patrol agents in the area outnumber the "sworn police officers in Minneapolis and St. Paul by three to one, and it’s even larger than the 10 metropolitan police departments.” "This is completely out of whack, completely out of balance," she claimed. "And now three people have been shot, two resulting in death. One: Renee Good, mother of three, and now Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis man, a citizen, also a nurse.” Pretti was shot and killed by an ICE agent Saturday morning during an immigration enforcement operation. "This city has been under siege," Klobuchar added, while laying blame on the Trump administration. "I have personally warned them that there would be more deaths, that more of this would happen," she said. "And clearly they’re not listening. So, we ask people around the country to talk to their Republican representatives to make clear that this is not the America that is ours. This has got to stop." [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

The Hill [1/24/2026 2:20 PM, Ryan Mancini, 12595K] reports Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) on Saturday called on President Trump to “put America first” and remove federal law enforcement officers from Minneapolis after a second resident was killed by a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officer. The shooting marked the third shooting involving federal officers, weeks after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Renee Good. “The invasion of these heavily armed, masked agents roaming around on our streets of Minneapolis, emboldened with a sense of impunity, it has to end,” Frey said at a press conference. “This is not how it has to be.” “So to President Trump, this is a moment to act like a leader,” the mayor continued. “Put Minneapolis, put America first in this moment. Let’s achieve peace. Let’s end this operation and, I’m telling you, our city will come back. Safety will be restored. We’re asking for you to take action now to remove these federal agents.” Frey asked how many “more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end? How many more lives need to be lost before this administration realizes that a political and partisan narrative is not as important as American values?”

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AP [1/24/2026 6:49 PM, Staff, 31753K] reports Sen. Amy Klobuchar called on ICE to leave Minnesota, after a federal immigration officer shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Saturday, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and ratcheting up tensions in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

Breitbart [1/24/2026 3:35 PM, Bob Price, 2416K] reports President Donald J. Trump delivered a forceful rebuke Saturday to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, accusing both leaders of “inciting insurrection” through their handling of the Border Patrol agent‑involved shooting and the violent unrest that followed. In a sharply worded statement, Trump said state and local officials abandoned law enforcement, misled the public about the circumstances of the shooting, and are now attempting to shift blame onto federal agents as chaos engulfs the city. During a Saturday press conference following the shooting by Border Patrol agents of an armed assailant, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey issued an ultimatum to President Trump, demanding, “End this immigration operation, and safety will be restored in the city,” Breitbart Texas’s Randy Clark reported. The president quickly fired back in a post on Truth Social, writing, “LET OUR ICE PATRIOTS DO THEIR JOB! 12,000 Illegal Alien Criminals, many of them violent, have been arrested and taken out of Minnesota. If they were still there, you would see something far worse than you are witnessing today!” The president asserted that Mayor Frey and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz continue to fire up the anti-ICE rhetoric as a “Cover up” for the Somali fraud scheme currently being investigated by the Department of Justice.

Washington Examiner [1/24/2026 3:55 PM, Sydney Topf, 1394K] reports Democratic lawmakers are calling for the defunding of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and its removal from Minnesota, following a second fatal federal agent-involved shooting in Minneapolis. Border Patrol agents fatally shot a man in south Minneapolis Saturday morning during a physical altercation. The agents were attempting to make an arrest where the shooting occurred, two sources told the Washington Examiner. Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) led the calls for ICE removal from Minnesota, saying the shooting was "disgusting." "I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning," he wrote on X. "Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.” "The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now," he added. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey affirmed Walz’s statement at a press conference following the shooting, saying if federal agents are removed, safety in the city will be "restored."

FOX News [1/24/2026 5:24 PM, Alexandra Koch Fox, 40621K] reports the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) identified the man fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis on Saturday as one of its members, Alex Jeffrey Pretti. Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident and ICU nurse, was shot during an immigration enforcement operation early Saturday targeting Jose Huerta-Chuma, an illegal immigrant with a criminal history including domestic assault for intentional conflict bodily harm, disorderly conduct and driving without a valid license. Homeland Security officials said Pretti approached Border Patrol agents while armed with a 9mm pistol and "violently resisted" when they attempted to disarm him. Medics at the scene immediately delivered aid, but Pretti was pronounced dead at the scene. State officials said Pretti had a lawful Permit to Carry (PTC). "At this time, many of the details remain unclear," AFGE wrote in a statement. "Video of the incident is circulating on social media, and the Department of Homeland Security has publicly stated that the victim was brandishing a weapon at officers. However, based on the video currently available, that claim is not clearly established." "This is an unfolding and extremely serious matter," AFGE leaders wrote in the statement. "Until we have verified facts, it is important that we refrain from speculation or drawing conclusions.

AP [1/24/2026 7:26 PM, Michael Biesecker, Tim Sullivan and Jim Mustian, 31753K] reports family members say the man killed by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday was an intensive care nurse at a VA hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city. Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed getting in adventures with Joule, his beloved Catahoula Leopard dog who also recently died. He worked for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and had participated in protests following the Jan. 7 killing of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs officer. “He cared about people deeply and he was very upset with what was happening in Minneapolis and throughout the United States with ICE, as millions of other people are upset,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong, so he did participate in protests.” Pretti was a U.S. citizen, born in Illinois. Like Good, court records showed he had no criminal record and his family said he had never had any interactions with law enforcement beyond a handful of traffic tickets. In a recent conversation with their son, his parents, who live in Colorado, told him to be careful when protesting. The Department of Homeland Security said the man was shot after he “approached” Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun. Officials did not specify if Pretti brandished the gun. In bystander videos of the shooting that emerged soon after, Pretti is seen with a phone in his hand but none appears to show him with a visible weapon. Family members said Pretti owned a handgun and had a permit to carry a concealed handgun in Minnesota. They said they had never known him to carry it.

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The Hill [1/24/2026 11:07 PM, Rob Taub, 12595K] reports the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) said U.S. Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino provided inaccurate information about the target of an operation in Minneapolis on Saturday before the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti. Bovino claimed Jose Huerta-Chuma, who Border Patrol agents were targeting Saturday morning, had a criminal history that included domestic assault to intentionally inflict bodily harm, disorderly conduct, and driving without a valid license. The state’s DOC says Huerta-Chuma had never been in custody, based on the department’s data records and court data. The records also showed Huerta-Chuma had committed no felonies in the state, nor was he currently under supervision from the state. “DOC records further indicate that an individual by this name was previously held in federal immigration custody in a local Minnesota jail in 2018, during President Trump’s first administration,” the department said in a statement. “Any decisions regarding release from federal custody at that time would have been made by federal authorities. DOC has no information explaining why this individual was released.” Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said the department will be leading the investigation of Pretti’s death. Pretti’s family told The Associated Press that he was upset by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis and the recent death of Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jan. 10. DHS acknowledged it has arrested over 10,000 migrants in Minnesota in the past year and over 3,300 migrants since it launched Operation Metro Surge on Nov. 29. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

New York Post [1/24/2026 10:07 PM, David Spector, 42219K] reports the family of the anti-ICE Minnesota protester who was gunned down by border patrol said they are "heartbroken and angry" in their first statement since his on-camera killing. "The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs," the family said in a statement. Alex Jeffrey Pretti was fatally shot after being wrestled to the ground by six federal agents during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Minneapolis. His family, who described themselves as "heartbroken and angry" painted a picture of a selfless professional who dedicated his life to helping veterans as a nurse at the local VA hospital. "Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital," the statement said. Pretti was seen on video holding a cell phone and attempting to shield a woman who had been pushed to the ground by ICE officers. He is then pushed away from the woman and pepper-sprayed until he is taken to the ground by multiple agents. Follow The Post’s coverage of the shooting of a 37-year-old anti-ICE protester in Minneapolis. Pretti is seen struggling on his hands and knees beneath the weight of multiple border patrol agents before one officer wearing a gray jacket seizes his holstered firearm. Moments later at least a dozen shots rang out, killing him. "Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman," the statement said. The Department of Homeland Security said Pretti had a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun and that the officers feared for their lives. "The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted, fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers. An agent fired defensive shots," the DHS said. Pretti’s family dismissed the DHS’s claims as "sickening lies," and said he was no threat to law enforcement. "He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper-sprayed," the family stated. The grieving family implored the public to "please get the truth out about our son" and said he was a "good man.”

NBC News [1/24/2026 7:00 PM, Julia Ainsley, 34509K] reports Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said on Saturday that her department would lead the investigation into the fatal shooting of a man by a federal agent in Minneapolis. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

The Hill [1/24/2026 10:21 PM, Sarah Davis, 12595K] reports a top Minnesota public safety official said “we’re in uncharted territory” after his state agency was reportedly shut out of an investigation into the man killed by federal agents on Saturday. Minneapolis resident and intensive care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents amid the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) massive immigration crackdown in the state. At a press conference on Saturday, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) Superintendent Drew Evans said that while the state agency has a history of working with the FBI, DHS has now taken over the case. Evans said that “others outside of the state” have blocked the bureau from cooperating on the investigation. The superintendent said the BCA will continue to investigate the matter, but noted it will be difficult without federal cooperation. “We’re in uncharted territory here,” Evans said. “It’s been a long-standing understanding, both within our state and across the country, that entities like the BCA that conduct 80-plus percent of officer-involved shootings across the United States are asked to do these investigations of federal agents involved in officer-involved shootings. “There certainly can be a new process going forward if the federal government would like to do that and federal agencies, but that has not been a discussion that’s been had so we can provide clear understanding to citizens to understand what that process will be,” he continued. After the FBI left the shooting scene on Saturday, Evans said BCA agents attempted to conduct their own investigation but added that federal, state and local agents were “unable to hold that scene, and it got run over by protesters, and we were not able to re-examine that scene.” Additionally, the state official said that the BCA was later denied access to the scene. After they obtained a signed search warrant, state agents were still not permitted to enter the area. “[The warrant] was provided, the information, to the Department of Homeland Security and they said this was a scene and matter being investigated by the federal government and they would not allow us physical access to the scene,” Evans said. Pretti’s death follows an incident several weeks ago when an ICE officer shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good. After Good’s killing, the BCA and other state and local law enforcement agencies were similarly shut out of an investigation into the incident. The BCA superintendent welcomed future cooperation with DHS on investigations in the state, saying, “We need to find a path forward.” [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

FOX News [1/25/2026 5:49 AM, Michael Sinkewicz, 40621K] reports a federal judge in Minnesota has blocked the Trump administration from "destroying or altering evidence" related to a deadly shooting involving a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis on Saturday. The ruling came after the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office and the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension filed a lawsuit Saturday to prevent the destruction of evidence in the shooting death of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident killed by a Border Patrol agent during an immigration enforcement operation. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Pretti approached Border Patrol agents armed with a 9 mm pistol and "violently resisted" when they attempted to disarm him. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, names DHS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and U.S. Border Control, as well as Attorney General Pam Bondi, as defendants. The groups, represented by the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office, said the litigation is accompanied by a motion for a temporary restraining order that asks the court to immediately prevent the defendants from destroying any evidence related to the shooting. In granting the temporary injunction, Judge Eric Tostrud wrote that federal officials and those acting on their behalf cannot destroy evidence taken from the scene of the south Minneapolis shooting or now in their exclusive custody, which state authorities say they were previously barred from inspecting. Tostrud scheduled a hearing Monday to review the order.

New York Times [1/25/2026 2:59 AM, Mitch Smith, 135475K] reports a doctor who lives near the scene where Alex Jeffrey Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday described in a sworn court filing how agents initially hesitated and asked for proof of a medical license when the doctor tried to approach and render aid. And a person who said they were standing near Mr. Pretti disputed the Department of Homeland Security’s account of that incident in another sworn court filing. The shooting of Mr. Pretti, 37, renewed protests and clashes with law enforcement in a city where tensions over aggressive federal immigration action are high. Video footage of the encounter appeared to contradict parts of the federal government’s narrative of what happened, and the latest court filings raised further questions. The doctor, whose name was redacted from the publicly available version of the court filing, described themselves as a pediatrician and said they had witnessed parts of the encounter from a nearby apartment. Though their view was from a distance, they described seeing a man being shoved to the ground and then shot several times. After the gunfire, they described going outside, telling an agent that they were a physician and asking to check the person who had been shot. The doctor said they were initially turned down, but eventually allowed to go to the person after being patted down. “Normally, I would not have been so persistent,” the doctor said in their statement, “but as a physician, I felt a professional and moral obligation to help this man, especially since none of the agents were helping him.” The doctor described checking for a pulse, finding none, and then beginning C.P.R. The man appeared to have been shot several times, the doctor said. Shortly after he started C.P.R., emergency medical personnel arrived and took over, the doctor said. After the shooting, the doctor described returning home as protests intensified. “I was sobbing and shaking uncontrollably,” they said in the statement. Once tear gas began seeping into their apartment from the street below, they said they got in a car and drove to a friend’s home. “I am not sure when I will return to my apartment,” the doctor wrote. “I do not feel safe in my city.” Almost immediately after agents shot Mr. Pretti on Saturday morning, federal officials claimed that he had endangered agents with a gun he was carrying, and some later accused him of “domestic terrorism.” But videos on social media that were verified by New York Times appear to contradict portions of the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the shooting, and the Minneapolis police chief, Brian O’Hara, said that Mr. Pretti was believed to be licensed to legally carry a gun.

Washington Post [1/24/2026 9:15 PM, Lauren Kaori Gurley, Justin Jouvenal, Maegan Vazquez and Samuel Oakford, 24149K] reports a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis on Saturday, sharply escalating tensions in a city already on edge following weeks of protests over two other shootings by federal agents and a sweeping immigration crackdown by the Trump administration. The killing of the Minneapolis man — captured on viral videos — deepened a growing rift between state and federal officials, who offered starkly different accounts of what happened. The shooting also heightened questions about the training and tactics being used as the Trump administration deploys growing numbers of federal agents onto city streets, where they are increasingly met by protesters. Democrats in Congress vowed to hold up funding for the Department of Homeland Security over the killing, possibly triggering a government shutdown. And Saturday’s shooting sparked yet another round of protests that grew violent. Minneapolis officials requested the National Guard be deployed to help beleaguered police. Gov. Tim Walz (D) forcefully reiterated calls for the Trump administration to pull back on its surge in immigration enforcement launched this month and called the killing “sickening.” He accused the roughly 3,000 immigration officers patrolling streets of “sowing chaos and violence.” “I have a strong statement here for the federal government,” Walz said at a news conference. “Minnesota’s justice system will have the last word on this. It must have the last word. As I told the White House in no uncertain terms this morning, the federal government cannot be trusted to lead this investigation.” President Donald Trump blamed state and local officials on Truth Social for the shooting, posting a photo of a gun that federal officials said the victim of the shooting had on him before he was killed. Other officials in the administration said the victim was intent on attacking law enforcement and labeled him a “domestic terrorist.” “This is the gunman’s gun, loaded (with two additional full magazines!), and ready to go—What is that all about?” Trump wrote. “Where are the local Police? Why weren’t they allowed to protect ICE Officers?” The victim was identified as 37-year-old Alexander “Alex” Jeffrey Pretti, an intensive care nurse, by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. The shooting unfolded shortly after 9 a.m. on Saturday on the south side of the city, state and federal officials said. It occurred during protests of the immigration crackdown. One video taken by an onlooker showed Border Patrol officers swarming around Pretti, whom they wrestled to the street and punched. Shortly after, Pretti attempted to get up, and one or more officers opened fire and he collapsed. A bystander could be heard screaming, “They killed him!” Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi L. Noem said at a news conference that border patrol agents were conducting a “targeted operation” to apprehend a person who was in the country illegally when a man with a 9mm handgun approached them. Noem said the man with the gun resisted attempts to disarm him. “The armed suspect reacted violently; fearing for his life and for the lives of his fellow officers around him, [the officer] fired defensive shots,” Noem said. “Medics were on the scene immediately and attempted to deliver medical aid to the subject.”

Wall Street Journal [1/25/2026 1:13 AM, Jack Morphet, 646K] reports Minnesota criminal investigators and prosecutors have asked a federal court to bar Homeland Security and Justice Department officials from destroying or concealing evidence related to a U.S. Border Patrol officer’s fatal shooting of Minneapolis man on Saturday. In a U.S. District Court filing late Saturday, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said federal officers had made “astonishing” missteps in the aftermath of the shooting, which indicated to him “the federal government may continue to withhold—and fail to protect—evidence.” The filing opens new ground in the continuing battle between state and federal officials over federal law-enforcement operations that have turned deadly. Local authorities have been blocked from investigating the Jan. 7 fatal shooting of Renee Good, 37 years old, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. On Saturday, Ellison said, state officials were once again blocked from gathering evidence at the scene where Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive-care nurse, was fatally shot by a federal agent. “If this Court does not provide immediate emergency relief, recent events suggest Defendants may fail to properly preserve evidence, and the State may permanently lose access to information gathered on the scene,” Ellison said. Homeland Security didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Late Saturday, Judge Eric Tostrud issued a temporary order blocking the Trump administration from “destroying or altering evidence” related to Pretti’s death. A hearing is scheduled for Monday in Minnesota federal court. “Obtaining a warrant to access a public space is unusual. But we thought it was necessary given the federal authorities’ refusal to allow us access,” Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans said in a court filing. It was the first time Evans could recall state investigators with jurisdiction over a crime scene being denied access by federal officers. When federal agents left, local and state police who stayed to secure the crime scene were overrun by protesters, Evans said, which the lawsuit alleged likely spoiled evidence. Homeland Security, not the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is conducting the investigation into the officer-involved shooting, Secretary Kristi Noem said. When asked whether Homeland Security would work with local law enforcement, Noem said Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz couldn’t be trusted and accused the state of releasing dangerous criminals from prison onto the streets rather than handing them over to ICE.

The New York Post [1/24/2026 5:55 PM, Anna Young, 42219K] reports chilling videos captured new angles of the chaotic moments before federal agents fatally shot an armed man who they say attempted to interfere in the arrest of a criminal migrant in Minneapolis. Harrowing footage shared on social media shows a close-up of the explosive incident — which began as whistle-blowing protesters in the street looked on as about six federal agents pushed a man later identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti to the ground. “What the f–k is wrong with you?” the woman recording the mayhem was heard yelling in the three-minute video. “What the f–k, people? What the f–k is wrong with you?” Agents then swarmed Pretti — who was shot in the chaos — and wrestled him onto the icy street before one immigration officer grabbed his gun and unleashed more than a dozen shots. The woman filming the disturbing scene screamed as gunfire erupted, repeatedly shouting, “What the f–k did you do?!,” while the man lay motionless on his back. The video showed ICE officers backing away, with some still aiming their guns at the 37-year-old, before slowing approaching him. The hoard of federal officers pulled him away from the woman and brought him to the ground, where Pretti struggled on his hands and knees for several seconds before an agent wearing a gray jacket appeared to seize his gun — and the fatal shots rang out moments later. Tensions flared as law enforcement tried to secure the area around West 26th Street and Nicollet Ave in South Minneapolis Saturday morning — where Pretti was pronounced dead at the scene. The Department of Homeland Security said Pretti had approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun. “The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted,” DHS said. “Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots.” [Editorial note: consult video at source link] Breitbart [1/24/2026 4:03 PM, Randy Clark, 2416K] reports that the new video shows the suspect attempting to push an agent away from two protesters, later grabbing and pulling at one of them. Within seconds of Border Patrol agents struggling to subdue the suspect, shots ring out. Despite the deafening sound of whistles being blown to disrupt the agents from performing their duties safely, at least one agent can be heard on the video screaming, “gun, gun, gun,” before approximately ten shots can be heard. The video continues with several protestors in the crowd yelling, “What the f%$# did you just do!” The video was posted on X by Drop Site News. The account associated with the post identifies as an independent news site located on Substack. The video matches an earlier video of the shooting taken from a different angle. The newly released video taken by a protester on the scene shows the moments before the shooting, where the suspect appears to be attempting to direct traffic in the middle of the roadway. According to the post by Drop Site News, the suspect is a “legal observer,” however, that information has not been corroborated by authorities. Before the shooting begins, the suspect, wearing a brown hooded jacket and a black ball cap, appears to be attempting to keep protesters out of the roadway. The dialogue between the suspect and protesters cannot be distinguished due to the loud whistles being blown and profanities being shouted at the agents. Dueling press conferences were held shortly after the shooting by the City of Minneapolis and by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). During Saturday’s DHS press conference, Border Patrol Chief and operational commander for Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Gregory Bovino, began by saying that federal law enforcement officers have been under constant attack for weeks. “This morning was no different,” Bovino added. According to Bovino, agents in Minneapolis were engaged in an immigration enforcement operation targeting Jose Huerta Chuma, a criminal illegal alien whose arrest record includes domestic assault, disorderly conduct, and driving without a valid license. The unidentified suspect approached U.S. Border Patrol agents while in possession of a 9mm semi-automatic handgun, according to Bovino. Chief Bovino went on to say the suspect violently resisted as agents attempted to disarm him, resulting in the suspect being shot as agents feared for their lives and the safety of fellow officers.

NBC News [1/25/2026 12:15 AM, Frank Matt and Jon Schuppe, 34509K] reports eyewitness videos showing at least one federal agent shooting and killing Alex Pretti, 37, in Minneapolis appear to counter the Trump administration’s description of events, presenting two starkly different narratives. Shortly after the shooting, federal officials said agents had acted in self-defense during a violent altercation Saturday morning. Pretti "approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9-millimeter semi-automatic handgun," DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said, adding officers "attempted to disarm" him and he "violently resisted." President Donald Trump shared a picture of what he said was "the gunman’s gun, loaded (with two additional full magazines!), and ready to go." White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said Pretti "tried to assassinate federal law enforcement." But at least four different videos of the encounter — filmed by eyewitnesses and verified and analyzed by NBC News — run counter to some of the administration’s statements. The videos do not appear to show Pretti holding a weapon during the skirmish that led to his death. The footage shows him coming to the aid of a person federal agents pushed before the encounter. And some of the video shows a federal agent appearing to reach into the skirmish near Pretti and remove a gun that looked like Pretti’s shortly before he was shot. Bovino and Noem said the situation was under investigation. Pretti was a nurse and had a permit to carry a gun, local officials said. The videos, shot by witnesses from different vantage points — in the street, in a shop and in a car — show Pretti holding a phone when he and officers began to tussle. Noem declined to say if Pretti pulled out a gun before he was shot. The recordings begin with Pretti filming masked agents conducting an operation on Nicollet Avenue. Federal officials said officers were there looking for a man wanted in connection with an assault who was in the U.S. illegally. Pretti is a U.S. citizen, local officials said. In the videos, Pretti is one of several people in the street. Some are blowing whistles and shouting and honking car horns. Pretti, wearing brown pants, a dark hooded coat and a dark baseball cap, can be seen talking to officers at close range in the middle of the street. One of the officers pushes him back toward the curb. Moments later, Pretti walks back into the street, holding his phone horizontally in his right hand. He waves an oncoming car past him. He moves toward officers who push other people away. Pretti puts his arm around one of those people and leads them to the curb. A few feet away, an officer pushes a different person, who falls onto the snow-covered curb. Pretti steps between the officer and the person. The deadly tussle begins. As they scuffle, the officers are shouting. One, holding an object in his right hand, appears to swing at Pretti’s head three times. Pretti can be seen bent forward, holding himself up with his forearms and hands on the pavement. Another officer, wearing a gray jacket, approaches the scrum without anything in his hands and reaches toward Pretti. Someone says "gun." An officer in a black mask standing over Pretti pulls his gun from his holster and points it down at Pretti. The officer in the gray jacket turns from the scrum with a gun that appears similar to Pretti’s in his right hand. Pretti is on his knees. The first shot rings out. The officer in the gray jacket, now holding the gun pointed down in his hand, jogs away. The officer in the black mask moves behind Pretti, and three more shots are fired. Pretti collapses and rolls onto his back. DHS didn’t return a request for comment when asked whose gun the officer in the gray jacket was holding. The officers back up, and more shots, what sounds to be about seven, are fired while Pretti lies still. People are screaming in fear and at the officers. "What the f--k did you just do?" one woman yells. "Oh my god.” After several moments, officers kneel next to Pretti, appearing to administer him aid. People yell out for someone to call an ambulance. Pretti was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.

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NewsMax [1/24/2026 12:57 PM, Solange Reyner, 4109K] reports video captured by witnesses shows federal agents restraining a person before one agent shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident on Saturday morning. In the footage, several agents wrestle a man to the ground while at least one appears to strike him with an object. A single gunshot is heard, followed by a rapid series of shots. More than 10 rounds appear to be fired in roughly five seconds. The Department of Homeland Security said the confrontation began during what it called "a targeted operation" to arrest someone in the country illegally who was wanted on an assault allegation. DHS said a person approached Border Patrol agents with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun and agents attempted to disarm him. The agency said the agent who fired did so out of fear for his life, and that the man who was shot was pronounced dead at the scene. Chief Brian O’Hara of the Minneapolis police said that officials have identified the victim and believe he was an American citizen. The man shot was identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, reports The Star Tribune, citing sources familiar with the investigation.

The Washington Post [1/25/2026 6:00 AM, Samuel Oakford, Jarrett Ley, Jonathan Baran, Evan Hill, and Sarah Blaskey, 24149K] reports federal agents who were wrestling a man to the ground in Minneapolis early Saturday secured a handgun he was carrying moments before shooting him multiple times, according to a Washington Post analysis of videos that captured the incident from several angles. As many as eight agents were attempting to detain Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, videos show. One emerged from the scrum holding Pretti’s gun, and less than a second later, the first of what appear to be 10 shots was fired. It is not clear from the video whether the other agents realized Pretti — who local authorities believe had a permit to carry the weapon — had been disarmed. Department of Homeland Security officials have said agents were on Nicollet Street conducting a “targeted operation” against another person when they encountered the man later identified as Pretti. DHS posted to X that “an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun.” The statement said it appeared the man wanted to “massacre” law enforcement. “The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem said at a news conference. “Fearing for his life and for the lives of his fellow officers around him, an agent fired defensive shots.” Although it is not clear exactly how Pretti’s interaction with federal agents began, bystander footage reviewed by The Post raises questions about that account. A DHS spokesperson did not respond to messages seeking comment. [Editorial note: consult video at source link] CNN [1/24/2026 8:04 PM, Thomas Bordeaux, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Casey Tolan, 18595K] reports that officers can be heard shouting "he’s got a gun" when the unidentified agent reaches into Pretti’s waistband as the pile of officers try to subdue him. Just over one second after the officer emerges holding the weapon, a shot rings out, followed by at least 9 more, according to videos. The videos show that the officer who retrieved the weapon had nothing in his hand prior to approaching Pretti. It is unclear from the videos reviewed by CNN whether the officer who took the weapon from Pretti immediately told the others that he was taking it away. In a statement, DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin claimed that an officer fired on Pretti while fearing for his life. "The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted," McLaughlin said. "Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots." She added that medics delivered aid to Pretti but he was pronounced dead on the scene. At no point in any of the videos reviewed by CNN can Pretti be seen wielding a weapon; he is seen carrying a cellphone in one hand earlier in the encounter. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

New York Times [1/25/2026 2:59 AM, Rylee Kirk, 135475K] reports federal officials sought to portray a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident killed by Border Patrol agents on Saturday as a domestic terrorist, saying he wanted to “massacre” law enforcement, even as videos emerged that appeared to directly contradict their account. The man, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, was an intensive-care nurse described by the Minneapolis police chief as a U.S. citizen with no criminal record. Federal officials said he was armed, but there is no sign in videos analyzed by The New York Times that he pulled his weapon, or that agents even knew he had one until he was already pinned on the sidewalk. An agent had already removed Mr. Pretti’s gun when two other agents opened fire, shooting him in the back and as he lay on the ground. At least 10 shots were fired, killing him. Mr. Pretti had a legal permit to carry a firearm, said the police chief, Brian O’Hara. The shooting on a frigid morning in Minneapolis’s Whittier neighborhood renewed protests and clashes with law enforcement in a city where tensions have reached a breaking point after weeks of aggressive federal immigration action. Federal agents deployed tear gas and flash bangs to drive demonstrators away from the shooting scene as they demanded that local police officers arrest the agents who killed Mr. Pretti. Officials said protests in Minneapolis had remained mostly peaceful, with a few exceptions. But as dusk fell, officials deployed the National Guard to ensure that demonstrations did not turn violent. At least 1,000 people turned out for a vigil for Mr. Pretti in Whittier Park on Saturday night, despite subzero temperatures. A colleague of Mr. Pretti, Dimitri Drekonja, said he had worked as a nurse at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis. “He was a really great colleague and a really great friend,” Mr. Drekonja said. “The default look on his face was a smile.”

CNN [1/24/2026 10:46 PM, Brian Stelter, 606K] reports that, when the Trump administration immediately blamed the victim in Saturday’s shooting in Minneapolis, Gov. Tim Walz reacted by saying, "Thank God, thank God we have video.” The unrest in Minnesota is further evidence that we live in an era of ubiquitous video, both for better and for worse. Almost every recent altercation involving federal agents has been captured by multiple cameras, providing angles that sometimes contradict President Donald Trump’s incendiary claims. At least four videos showed moments before, during and after Saturday morning’s killing of Alex Pretti, 37, an ICU nurse in the city. Some of the clips show that residents heeded Walz’s recent advice to "hit record" whenever they see federal immigration officers. One of Pretti’s neighbors, Chris Gray, told CNN that Pretti was "taking film of somebody getting abducted" when the confrontation began. In one of the eyewitness videos, Pretti was seen holding a phone in his right hand while a person was being detained. A short time later, when agents tried to subdue Pretti, people up and down the street used their phones to record the scene. CNN’s analysis found that an officer removed a gun from Pretti as the pile of other officers tried to subdue him. "Just over one second after the officer emerges holding the weapon, a shot rings out, followed by at least 9 more," CNN reported, citing videos. The Trump administration claimed an agent "fired defensive shots" and cast Pretti as a threat. Deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller called him a "domestic terrorist" who "tried to assassinate federal law enforcement.” But that depiction was picked apart by a vast array of online onlookers, from law enforcement experts to ordinary Instagram users, some of whom replayed the videos frame by frame and zoomed in to show the episode in frightening detail. The Minnesota Star Tribune reported on Saturday evening that "some details of the federal government’s account of the shooting aren’t supported by footage captured by bystanders.” When the shooting happened, the videos quickly moved from individual smartphones to Reddit threads, YouTube channels and social media feeds. News outlets scrambled to ingest the clips and make sense of them for viewers and readers. It’s "really important to get analysis of events like today out to the public quickly, especially when it’s clear the US government, ICE, and DHS are willing to immediately start lying about what’s happening," said Eliot Higgins, founder of Bellingcat, an online investigative outfit.

New York Post [1/24/2026 8:50 PM, Anna Young, 42219K] reports close-up videos of the fatal Minneapolis shooting showed protester Alex Jeffrey Pretti was armed with a gun — with the agent who fired the more than a dozen shots clearly reacting to something that alarmed him amid the chaos. It’s unclear if Pretti had drawn the weapon and was immediately disarmed, if an officer had pulled it from his clothing or if he was in the process of pulling it out when a separate federal officer was seen taking it from the 37-year-old as he was pinned to the ground. Videos of the incident show officers shouting "he’s got a gun," as the unidentified agent reached into Pretti’s waistband to retrieve the weapon. At one point an officer in gray coat is seen emerging from the melee with the gun, which officials said was a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun. According to close up video of that moment, as the officer holds the gun, the gun’s slide moves, meaning it may have fired, causing a loud noise of a gunshot shortly before other officer fired at Pretti. In various videos,the agent who fired the fatal shots could be seen shooting the armed protester at close range, then pumping at least 9 more rounds into his body as Pretti lay motionless on the ground. Moments before the fatal incident, one video showed Pretti gripping his phone while helping a woman who was pushed to the ground by an immigration agent, who relentlessly sprayed the pair with tear gas. Follow The Post’s coverage of the shooting of a 37-year-old anti-ICE protester in Minneapolis. A hoard of federal officers pulled him away from the woman and brought him to the ground, where Pretti struggled on his hands and knees for several seconds before an agent wearing a gray jacket appeared to seize his gun — and the fatal shots rang out moments later. The Department of Homeland Security said Pretti had approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun as they were conducting a "targeted" arrest. "The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently," DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said at a press conference Saturday night. "Fearing for his life and for the lives of his fellow officers around him, an agent fired defensive shots. Medics were on the scene immediately and attempted to deliver medical aid to the subject, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.”

USA Today [1/24/2026 11:52 PM, Michael Loria, 67103K] reports a witness to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis man by a Border Patrol agent wrote in new court documents that he didn’t see the 37-year-old ICU nurse brandishing a gun and said federal agents "counted his bullet wounds" instead of rendering first aid. The sworn declaration filed in federal court came just hours after the Jan. 24 fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a U.S. citizen and Veterans Affairs ICU nurse who had confronted immigration agents conducting operations in the city. Pretti was licensed and carrying a gun and shortly after the shooting federal officials said he planned to use it to commit "domestic terrorism." Saturday’s late witness statement contradicts the narrative shared by Department of Homeland Security officials and offers one of the most detailed accounts yet of what happened. "I saw him yelling at the ICE agents, but I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind," the witness wrote of Pretti in the declaration made under threat of perjury. "Suddenly, an ICE agent shoved him to the ground. My view of the altercation was partially obstructed, but after a few seconds, I saw at least four ICE agents point guns at the man. I then saw the agents shoot the man at least six or seven times." Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told reporters on Jan. 24 that "this individual who came with weapons and ammunition to stop a law enforcement operation of federal law enforcement officers committed an act of domestic terrorism." The secretary said the semiautomatic handgun and two magazines Pretti was carrying indicated he intended to "inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement." Agency officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the new court filings. The declaration was made in connection to a class action lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Minnesota against the Department of Homeland Security, charging the agency with using intimidation tactics reminiscent of "pre-World War II Germany or Pinochet’s Chile" to chill free speech protected under the First Amendment. According to the court filing, the witness, whose name was redacted, is a physician who lives near where the shooting occurred. The witness woke up on Saturday to the sound of "screaming from outside" and saw Pretti "yelling at ICE agents." "I saw him yelling at the ICE agents, but I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind," the witness wrote. "Suddenly, an ICE agent shoved him to the ground. My view of the altercation was partially obstructed, but after a few second, I saw at least four ICE agents point guns at the man. I then saw the agents shoot the man at least six or seven times." Afterwards, the witness went to treat Pretti’s wounds. The witness said agents were not administering first aid. "I was confused as to why the victim was on his side, because that is not standard practice," the pediatrician wrote. "Checking for a pulse and administering CPR is standard practice. Instead of doing either of those things, the ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds." [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

New York Post [1/24/2026 5:30 PM, Shane Galvin, 42219K] reports the accused criminal migrant in the operation that resulted in the shooting death of a Minneapolis anti-ICE protester Saturday has been identified as illegal alien Jose Huerta-Chuma. Huerta-Chuma, of Ecuador, was arrested by Department of Homeland Security officers on Saturday and apprehended for driving without a license, according to Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino and the Washington Times. Huerta-Chuma’s criminal record includes charges for domestic assault, disorderly conduct, and driving without a license, federal authorities said. Details about his illegal entry into the country and the nature of his crimes were not provided by the Department of Homeland Security. The traffic stop apprehension was disrupted by anti-ICE protesters — resulting in the deadly scuffle between uniformed officers and civilians on the icy Minneapolis streets. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

Axios [1/24/2026 4:40 PM, Torey Van Oot, 12972K] reports Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Saturday that the state will conduct its own investigation into the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis man by federal immigration agents. The big picture: This is the second time this month local law enforcement said federal agencies have refused to cooperate while investigating the shooting death of a state resident by federal officials. Driving the news: Walz said he told the White House Saturday morning that the state’s justice system "must have the last word" because the "federal government cannot be trusted to handle the investigation." A Justice Department spokesperson told Axios that the Department of Homeland Security will lead the investigation. The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to Axios’ request for comment.

AP [1/24/2026 8:34 PM, Jack Brook and Mark Vancleave, 30493K] reports Saturday morning started frigid and quiet on Minneapolis’ "Eat Street," a stretch of road south of downtown famous for its small coffee shops and restaurants ranging from New American to Vietnamese. Within five hours, seemingly everything had changed. A protester was dead. Videos were circulating showing multiple federal agents on top of the man and gunshots being fired. Federal and local officials again were angrily divided over who was to blame. And Eat Street was the scene of a series of clashes, federal officers and local and state police pulled back and protesters took over the area. It all started around 9 a.m. when a federal immigration officer shot and killed a man there, about 1.5 mile (2.4 kilometers) from the scene of a Jan. 7 fatal shooting of a local woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer that sparked outrage and daily protests. And in just over an hour, anger exploded again in the city already on edge. Even before the current immigration enforcement surge, networks of thousands of residents had organized to monitor and denounce it while national, state and local leaders traded blame over the rising tensions. Two Associated Press journalists reached the scene minutes after Saturday’s shooting. They saw dozens of protesters quickly converging and confronting the federal agents, many blowing the whistles activists use to alert to the presence of federal officers. They had been covering protests for days, including a massive one Friday afternoon in downtown Minneapolis, but the anger and sorrow among Saturday’s crowd felt more urgent and intense. The crowd, rapidly swelling into the hundreds, screamed insults and obscenities at the agents, some of whom shouted back mockingly. Then for several hours, the two groups clashed as tear gas billowed in the subzero air. Over and over, officers pushed back the protesters from improvised barricades with the aid of flash bang grenades and pepper balls, only for the protesters to regroup and regain their ground. Some five hours after the shooting, after one more big push down the street, enforcement officers left in a convoy. By mid-afternoon, protesters had taken over the intersection next to the shooting scene and cordoned it off with discarded yellow tape from the police. Some stood on large metal dumpsters that blocked all traffic, banging on them, while others gave speeches at the impromptu and growing memorial for 37-year-old Alex Pretti, the man killed Saturday morning.

Washington Examiner [1/24/2026 5:00 PM, Joseph Nepomuceno, 1394K] reports protests and rioting have broken out in Minneapolis after Border Patrol agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old white male and Minneapolis resident, after he attempted to intervene in an immigration-related arrest while armed. "We need people to remain peaceful. In the area, we have an unlawful assembly at this time. Minneapolis police have given multiple warnings for the crowd to disperse," Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said. Near the scene of the shooting, footage of the confrontation between Minneapolis residents and federal law enforcement showed a chaotic scene. Agents with gas masks appear to have deployed tear gas and other crowd control devices as locals scream at them. Several people were arrested in footage reviewed by the Washington Examiner. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin posted on X that a Homeland Security Investigations officer had his finger bitten off by rioters. Responses to the shooting by government officials have been varied. Local and state officials have demanded the removal of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal law enforcement agencies from the state. "Minnesota has had it. This is sickening," Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) posted on X. "The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now." White House officials have pushed back, saying that local Democrats are encouraging the chaos to distract from Minnesota’s fraud scandal. "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement," Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino said in a press conference on Saturday.

FOX News [1/24/2026 5:11 PM, Alexandra Koch Fox, 40621K] Video: HERE reports Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin shared a photo on social media Saturday of a federal law enforcement officer’s severed finger after an anti-ICE agitator in Minneapolis allegedly bit it off. "In Minneapolis, these rioters attacked our law enforcement officer and one of them bit off our HSI officer’s finger," McLaughlin wrote in the post. "He will lose his finger.” She shared photos of two people seemingly in custody, though it is unclear which person is the alleged biter. Additional details surrounding the assault have not yet been released, though ongoing protests have escalated following the deaths of two U.S. citizens during immigration enforcement operations in the blue city. Hours before McLaughlin’s post, a Border Patrol agent was seen on video fatally shooting an armed man in Minneapolis amid a crowd of agitators. The 37-year-old man, a U.S. citizen from Minneapolis, allegedly approached agents and then "violently resisted," while armed with a 9mm pistol and two magazines, according to Homeland Security officials. Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino said during a news conference on Saturday it "look[ed] like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement." "About 200 rioters arrived at the scene and began to obstruct and assault law enforcement," Bovino said. "We will not allow violence against our law enforcement officers, and we need state and local help. … [Minneapolis] Mayor [Jacob] Frey and [Minneapolis Police Department] Chief Brian O’Hara, just a few minutes ago, did the opposite of that by omitting the fact that the suspect had a gun and magazines full of ammunition." [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

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Politico [1/24/2026 9:42 PM, Gregory Svirnovskiy, Ben Johansen, Kyle Cheney, and Josh Gerstein, 13586K] reports the chief of Minneapolis’ police department confirmed Saturday that federal immigration agents shot and killed a 37-year-old resident, plunging the city — and the nation — into a new wave of bitter conflict and recriminations over the Trump administration’s deportation surge. “Our demand today is for those federal agencies that are operating in our city, to do so with the same discipline, humanity and integrity that effective law enforcement demands,” Police Chief Brian O’Hara said, adding that his office believes the man was an American citizen and a lawful gun owner with a right-to-carry permit. The killing of Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent exacerbated tensions still boiling from the shooting earlier this month of Renee Good and led to renewed calls from the city and state’s Democratic leadership for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to withdraw and wind down its aggressive enforcement campaign in the Twin Cities. “We need the Court to act to stop this Surge before yet another resident dies because of Operation Metro Surge,” lawyers for the state and cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul said late Saturday in an urgent filing with U.S. District Judge Kate Menendez, who is weighing a demand to block the Department of Homeland Security’s operation altogether. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey strongly urged the president to remove federal immigration enforcement from his city. “How many more residents, how many more Americans, need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?” Frey asked during the press conference. “How many more lives need to be lost before this administration realizes that a political and partisan narrative is not as important as American values?” The shooting Saturday is the third such incident in Minneapolis since the Trump administration began its aggressive immigration enforcement agenda in the state in December. “Minnesota has had it. This is sickening,” Gov. Tim Walz said in a post on X, noting he’d spoken with Trump. “The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.” A Department of Homeland Security official told POLITICO that the person who was killed, whom the DHS official described as a “suspect,” was in possession of a firearm and two magazines.

ABC News [1/24/2026 5:08 PM, Staff, 30493K] reports Virginia’s Rep. James Walkinshaw, a Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, responds to Saturday’s shooting of a Minneapolis man by a federal agent. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

Wall Street Journal [1/24/2026 9:02 PM, Jack Morphet and Kris Maher, 646K] reports after a federal agent shot and killed a man on Saturday, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said he was told over the radio his local officers weren’t needed. O’Hara ordered his officers not to leave the crime scene. He then requested the state’s top criminal investigators take the case, but when Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigators arrived they were blocked by federal Homeland Security officers, the bureau said. State crime investigators then took the unusual step of securing a search warrant signed by a judge, a rare move for a shooting in public, but they were still blocked by federal officers, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans told reporters Saturday. It was the first time Evans could recall state investigators with jurisdiction over a crime scene being denied access by federal officers. “We’re in uncharted territory here,” he said. The Department of Homeland Security didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment. The conflict over control of a crime scene is emblematic of rising tensions that have been building well before Saturday between some local and federal law enforcement as Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts high-profile operations across the country, from “Metro Surge” in Minnesota to “Catch of the Day,” now under way in Maine. Nowhere is more tense than Minnesota, where 3,000 federal agents are on the ground in what the Department of Homeland Security has called its biggest operation yet, but friction is cropping up in a number of communities where ICE has deployed en masse over the past year. Some local and state law-enforcement leaders who have seen the agency’s tactics up close are voicing concerns that agents have strayed from the administration’s stated focus on public-safety threats. In Maine, Sheriff Kevin Joyce was among the local law-enforcement officials who met with border czar Tom Homan nearly a year ago to hear the Trump administration’s immigration-enforcement priority: the removal of people with serious criminal records. It was a mission the 39-year law-enforcement veteran could support. But on Thursday, Joyce publicly issued blistering criticism of federal agents, accusing ICE of “bush-league policing” after he said they detained one of his corrections officers, a migrant authorized to work in the U.S., on a roadside in Portland, Maine. “I’m not anti-ICE by any stroke of the imagination, but they’ve moved the goal posts,” Joyce, the sheriff of Cumberland County, and a self-described moderate Democrat, said. Many police leaders say they still support combating illegal immigration and believe the troubling actions stem from a minority of officers, but they say these problems undermine their efforts to put a human face on law enforcement on the ground. Federal authorities have defended their tactics. “Our operations are lawful. They’re targeted and they’re focused on individuals who pose a serious threat to this community,” Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino said Tuesday at a news conference in Minnesota. ICE collaborates with local and state law enforcement across the country to deport criminal migrants, DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said.

Daily Caller [1/24/2026 3:53 PM, Harold Hutchison, 835K] reports Democrats holding federal, state, and local office in Minnesota demanded U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) halt law enforcement operations there after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man Saturday following a scuffle in Minneapolis. The man was killed during what a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) statement posted to X described as a "targeted" enforcement operation at 9:05 a.m. local time. Democrats immediately condemned the shooting, with many demanding President Donald Trump end the operations. "This appears to be an execution by immigration enforcement," Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar claimed in a post to X. "I am absolutely heartbroken, horrified, and appalled that federal agents murdered another member of our community. It is beyond shameful these federal agents are targeting our residents instead of protecting them." "I’ve seen with my own eyes the video of another horrific killing by ICE agents this morning in Minneapolis. This is sickening," Democratic Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig, who is running for U.S. Senate, posted. "The agency is beyond out of control. How much more evidence do my Republican colleagues in Minnesota need to speak out?" Other Democrats in Minnesota demanded ICE depart in social media posts following the shooting.

The Wall Street Journal [1/25/2026 12:17 AM, Siobhan Hughes and Lindsay Wise, 646K] reports Senate Democrats signaled Saturday that they would be willing to shut down much of the government rather than vote for a package that includes funds for immigration enforcement, following another deadly shooting in Minneapolis. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) said Democrats wouldn’t vote to advance a broader package needed to fund federal agencies if the current measure funding the Department of Homeland Security is included. Democrats are demanding constraints on DHS’s immigration enforcement activities and more oversight. “What’s happening in Minnesota is appalling—and unacceptable in any American city,” Schumer said in a statement. He said the DHS bill “is woefully inadequate” to rein abuses by immigration officials. Republicans control the Senate 53-47, but 60 votes are needed to advance most legislation. Schumer’s statement came after many Senate Democrats—including some who broke with the majority of their party in November and voted to reopen the government—issued angry statements Saturday saying they wouldn’t support a bill funding DHS, the agency that includes the U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “Enough is enough,” said Sen. Jacky Rosen (D., Nev.), who last year was one of eight Democrats to join Senate Republicans in voting to end the shutdown. “I have the responsibility to hold the Trump administration accountable when I see abuses of power,” she said in a social-media post. The statement from Schumer raised the prospect of a partial government shutdown when funding for the federal government expires at 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 31, since the Homeland Security funding is wrapped into a broader package covering about $1.3 trillion in annual spending. Senate Democrats are expected to hold a caucuswide call on Sunday. The New York Times [1/24/2026 7:46 PM, Catie Edmondson and Carl Hulse, 135475K] reports that the rapidly escalating opposition to the measure, which includes $64.4 billion for the Department of Homeland Security, including $10 billion for ICE, amplified the likelihood of a partial government shutdown at the end of the month. The legislation requires the support of Democrats to muster the 60 votes needed to avoid a filibuster and advance in the Senate. “Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the D.H.S. funding bill is included,” Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, said in a statement, calling what is unfolding in Minnesota “appalling” and “unacceptable in any American city.” Recognizing the depth of Democratic outrage, Senate Republicans immediately began examining whether they could separate the homeland security funding from the rest of the package and preserve the bulk of what had been a bipartisan deal to fund a large chunk of the government. The measure also funds the Pentagon and State Department, as well as health, education, labor and transportation programs. “I’m exploring all options,” said Senator Susan Collins, the Maine Republican who is the chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, adding that she had been in touch with Senator John Thune, the South Dakota Republican and majority leader. “We have five other bills that are really vital, and I’m relatively confident they would pass.”

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Axios [1/24/2026 2:23 PM, Andrew Solender, 12972K] reports Democrats in Congress erupted in fury Saturday after federal agents fatally shot a man in Minneapolis, with some calling to deploy the National Guard and partially shut down the government in response. Democrats are growing ever more strident in their criticism of ICE, Customs and Border Patrol and other immigration authorities as the Trump administration has used the agencies to swarm cities across the country. All but seven of the House’s 213 Democrats voted this week against a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security over concerns about a lack of constraints on ICE and CBP agents. The bill passed the House but needs support from at least seven Senate Democrats, who are now under more pressure than ever to block it. "The Senate should reject the DHS funding bill next week until significant reforms are added to the bill. We need a complete overhaul," Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-R.I.) said in a post on X. Senate Dems should block ICE funding this week. Activate the National Guard. We can and must stop this," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in a series of social media posts. Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.), in an X thread reacting to the shooting, exclaimed: "I am doing my best to respond to this without a string of expletives." Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) urged colleagues to sign on to her articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, with Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) calling to "abolish ICE" and "impeach Kristi Noem." Many other Democrats released statements calling for the officers involved to be prosecuted and for ICE and CBP to leave Minneapolis.

FOX News [1/24/2026 4:22 PM, Peter D’Abrosca Fox, 40621K] reports After a Border Patrol officer fatally shot Minneapolis resident Alex Jeffrey Pretti during an immigration enforcement operation Saturday, Democratic governors outside the state jumped to echo Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s condemnation of the Trump administration. DHS told Fox News federal agents attempted to disarm Pretti, 37, who had a gun and allegedly "violently resisted," prompting the shooting. Officials said Pretti was armed with a 9 mm handgun with two magazines and no ID, and DHS noted, "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.” Democrat Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker fired back on X, claiming "masked federal agents in Minnesota just shot and killed another person.” "We must put a stop to Trump’s ICE. Now. Stop the funding, stop the occupations, stop the killings," Pritzker wrote. "I am asking my fellow Republican and Democratic Governors across the nation to have a unified response. We must all stand against the lawlessness being inflicted in our states.” California Gov. Gavin Newsom took to social media accusing President Donald Trump of "ma[king] a shooting happen.” "Yesterday, hundreds of thousands filled the streets of Minnesota — marching in subzero temperatures in a PEACEFUL protest," Newsom wrote in an X post. "Not the excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act the President wanted. So today, Trump made a shooting happen. The President must end his violent occupation of Minnesota. NOW.” Kathy Hochul, the Democratic governor of New York, also weighed in on X. "Another horrific outcome from a federal operation that has clearly spun out of control," Hochul wrote. "Americans have had enough of lawless conduct masquerading as enforcement. President Trump is responsible for putting a stop to it.” Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said he reached out to Walz after the shooting, claiming the recent shooting incidents are "not isolated incidents.” "Again and again, we see that ICE lacks accountability and agents lack training for the operations they’re being sent on," Moore wrote in an X post. "This reckless pattern of violence carried out by the Department of Homeland Security is endangering our communities. Not protecting them. This must stop.” Maine Gov. Janet Mills added she requested a meeting with Trump to demand the administration withdraw ICE agents from Maine. "I am appalled and heartbroken by reports of yet another killing at the hands of federal immigration agents. President Trump and Secretary Noem’s weaponization of Federal law enforcement against the people they are meant to serve is not only a grave violation of the Constitution, but a threat to the lives of law-abiding people in the cities and states they seek to occupy, including Maine," Mills wrote in a statement. "As Governor, I am requesting that the President of the United States meet with me so that I can demand in person that his Administration withdraw these untrained and reckless ICE agents in Maine and across the country who are stoking fear in communities, arresting legally present people, including law enforcement officials, and who pose a grave threat to public safety.” Mills also called on Congress to immediately bring Noem before them for a public hearing and cut off any further funding for ICE. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, Walz also touched on immigration officers’ training, calling the shooting "sickening.” "I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening," Walz said. "The president must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.” At a news conference later Saturday, Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino said the officer involved in the shooting was "highly trained" and had been serving as a Border Patrol agent eight years. Bovino said Department of Homeland Security (DHS) law enforcement officers were conducting an operation targeting Jose Huerta-Chuma, an illegal immigrant with a criminal history including domestic assault to intentional conflict bodily harm, disorderly conduct and driving without a valid license= early Saturday morning. Trump reacted to the incident in a Truth Social post. "This is the gunman’s gun, loaded (with two additional full magazines!), and ready to go—What is that all about? Where are the local Police? Why weren’t they allowed to protect ICE Officers? The Mayor and the Governor called them off? It is stated that many of these Police were not allowed to do their job, that ICE had to protect themselves—Not an easy thing to do!" Trump wrote, attaching a photo of a gun DHS said it recovered from the shooting.

Chicago Tribune [1/24/2026 2:52 PM, Alice Yin, 4829K] reports Mayor Brandon Johnson called for abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Saturday after a federal agent killed another person in Minneapolis, while Gov. JB Pritzker called upon Democrats to halt funding for the agency but stopped short of saying it should be dissolved. "When they come for one of us, they come for all of us," Johnson, the progressive mayor of the nation’s third-largest city who verbally tangled with ICE and federal Border Patrol during their high-profile raids in and around Chicago, posted on X in Spanish. "ICE must be abolished.” Amid roiling protests in Minnesota that continued Saturday, federal immigration officers fatally shot a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis, where Republican President Donald Trump’s latest deportation campaign has unfolded. Family members identified the slain man as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, according to the Associated Press. Video of the scene appeared to show the man on the ground when gunshots rang out, quickly drawing condemnation from witnesses on the scene and later Democrats. U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said the man was armed, posting a photo of a handgun. The second Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown has revived calls among the left to dismantle ICE — though many of the raids witnessed in Minneapolis, Chicago and elsewhere across the nation feature other DHS agencies such as Customs and Border Protection. Several Democrats, such as U.S. Rep. Delia Ramírez and Juliana Stratton, Pritzker’s lieutenant governor and a candidate for U.S. Senate, as well as several congressional candidates, have also endorsed the "Abolish ICE" movement.

NewsMax [1/24/2026 1:16 PM, Jim Thomas, 4109K] reports Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said Saturday that immigration enforcement "killed another Minnesota resident," calling it "an execution" and demanding Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection immediately leave the state. Her comments followed the fatal shooting of a man in south Minneapolis during a federal immigration enforcement operation, according to the Department of Homeland Security and local officials. "An individual approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun," DHS reported in a statement. "The officers attempted to disarm the suspect, but the armed suspect violently resisted. Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots. Medics on scene immediately delivered medical aid to the subject but [he] was pronounced dead at the scene.” In a post on X Saturday, Omar wrote: "Another murder by immigration enforcement in my district. I am absolutely horrified that federal agents are targeting and executing our residents instead of protecting them. ICE and CBP must leave Minnesota immediately. Kristi Noem must be impeached. Enough.”

Omar is listed as a sponsor of a House impeachment resolution introduced Jan. 14 against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. In an earlier statement on X Saturday, Omar wrote: "This appears to be an execution by immigration enforcement. I am absolutely heartbroken, horrified, and appalled that federal agents murdered another member of our community. It is beyond shameful these federal agents are targeting our residents instead of protecting them.” "This isn’t isolated or accidental. The Trump administration is trying to beat us into submission rather than protect us. This administration cannot continue violating constitutional rights under the guise of immigration enforcement. ICE and CBP must leave Minnesota immediately.” "Their presence is terrorizing our communities, violating rights, and taking lives with zero accountability. Minnesota was once a place of refuge, and Trump has turned it into a war zone where unchecked federal forces murder our neighbors.” DHS reported that Border Patrol agents shot an armed man, believed to be a Minneapolis resident and a U.S. citizen, during a struggle involving a handgun. Protests followed, and federal officers used tear gas to disperse the crowd.

New York Post [1/24/2026 4:35 PM, Rich Calder, 42219K] reports "Squad" Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Saturday demanded Senate Democrats block funding for ICE after federal agents shot and killed an armed 37-year-old anti-ICE protestor in Minneapolis. "Americans are being killed in the street by their government," the New York-based Democratic socialist contended on X in her latest attack on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. "Our Constitution is being shredded and our rights are dissolving. Resist. Senate Dems should block ICE funding this week. Activate the National Guard."

FOX News [1/24/2026 4:28 PM, Alexandra Koch Fox, 40621K] reports White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller slammed Democrats for calling on federal immigration agents to leave Minnesota, accusing them of siding with "terrorists" after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot an armed U.S. citizen during a confrontation Saturday in Minneapolis. The 37-year-old man allegedly approached agents during an apparent operation and then "violently resisted," while armed with a 9mm pistol and two magazines, leading to the shooting. "A would-be assassin tried to murder federal law enforcement and the official Democrat account sides with the terrorists," Miller wrote in an X post. He later responded to a social media post from Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to leave Minneapolis and for Congress to cut its funding. "An assassin tried to murder federal agents and this is your response," Miller replied. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said the man, whose name has not yet been released, held a lawful permit to carry (PTC). In a letter penned to Walz on Saturday, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Minnesota has "refused" to enforce the law, saying the "consequences are heartbreaking.” "… Unfortunately, you and other Minnesota officials have refused to support the men and women risking their lives to protect Americans and uphold the rule of law," Bondi wrote. "Because Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul have chosen to ignore federal immigration law by enacting sanctuary laws and policies, the federal agents led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have operated alone," she added. "And politicians in your state are not just refusing to help these agents, they are putting federal agents in danger.”

FOX News [1/25/2026 3:25 AM, Michael Sinkewicz, 40621K] reports Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., called for a full investigation after a federal agent fatally shot a man who was allegedly armed in Minneapolis on Saturday, calling the incident "incredibly disturbing.” Cassidy joined a chorus of Democratic lawmakers raising questions following the shooting death of 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Alex J. Pretti, who was killed by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday. Pretti allegedly confronted officers during a Department of Homeland Security operation in south Minneapolis and was carrying a gun, according to the agency. "The events in Minneapolis are incredibly disturbing," Cassidy said in a post on X. "The credibility of ICE and DHS are at stake. There must be a full joint federal and state investigation.” Cassidy added that "we can trust the American people with the truth.” The Louisiana Republican’s comments were seemingly at odds with members of his party, including President Donald Trump, who said in a post on Truth Social following the shooting that federal agents "had to protect themselves" because of the lack of support from local police in Minneapolis. "This is the gunman’s gun, loaded (with two additional full magazines!), and ready to go—What is that all about? Where are the local Police? Why weren’t they allowed to protect ICE Officers?" Trump wrote in the post. "The Mayor and the Governor called them off? It is stated that many of these Police were not allowed to do their job, that ICE had to protect themselves—Not an easy thing to do!". Last week, Trump pledged his endorsement for U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow if she entered the GOP primary in Louisiana, challenging Cassidy, who has served in the U.S. Senate since 2015. Letlow launched her Senate bid days later. Cassidy was one of the Senate Republicans who voted to convict Trump after the House impeached him in 2021. The Senate vote ultimately fell short of the threshold required to convict Trump. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said during a news conference Saturday that the incident occurred while DHS officers carried out "targeted operations" in Minneapolis against an illegal immigrant with a violent criminal history. "An individual approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9-millimeter semi-automatic handgun," Noem said, adding that agents attempted to disarm him. "The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently," Noem said. "Fearing for his life and for the lives of his fellow officers around him, an agent fired defensive shots." [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

FOX News [1/24/2026 10:44 PM, Alexandra Koch, 40621K] reports the fatal Border Patrol shooting of a man who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says was armed with a 9mm pistol during a confrontation with agents on Saturday has sparked a clash among gun rights groups, pitting defenses of lawful carry and protest rights against warnings about escalating anti-law-enforcement rhetoric. Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident, was shot Saturday morning while allegedly protesting an immigration enforcement operation targeting an illegal immigrant with a criminal record. DHS officials say Pretti approached Border Patrol agents while armed with a handgun and "violently resisted" when they attempted to disarm him, leading to the shooting. State officials said Pretti, who was pronounced dead at the scene, had a lawful Permit to Carry (PTC), and court records obtained by Fox News Digital indicate he did not have a criminal record. The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus quickly responded to the shooting, calling it "deeply concerning.” "According to local officials, the man was legally armed, a firearm was recovered at the scene, and he is believed to have been a lawful gun owner and permit to carry holder," the organization wrote in a statement. They added many critical facts remain unknown, as the shooting happened just hours earlier. "We do not yet have an independent account of what initiated the encounter or what triggered the use of deadly force," the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus wrote. "Despite widespread speculation regarding intent, there has been no evidence produced indicating an intent to harm the officers. We are calling for a full and transparent investigation by both state and federal authorities. "Every peaceable Minnesotan has the right to keep and bear arms—including while attending protests, acting as observers, or exercising their First Amendment rights. These rights do not disappear when someone is lawfully armed, and they must be respected and protected at all times.” Contrasting Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus’ response, the National Rifle Association (NRA) released a statement on social media blaming Democrat leaders in the blue state for "incit[ing] violence" against law enforcement officers, and pleading with Minnesotans to lower the temperature amid ongoing unrest. "For months, radical progressive politicians like [Minnesota Gov.] Tim Walz have incited violence against law enforcement officers who are simply trying to do their jobs," the NRA wrote in an X post. "Unsurprisingly, these calls to dangerously interject oneself into legitimate law-enforcement activities have ended in violence, tragically resulting in injuries and fatalities.”

AP [1/25/2026 3:14 AM, Jack Brook, Steve Karnowski and Rebecca Santana, 2416K] reports Democrats demanded that federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and increasing tensions in a city already shaken by another shooting death weeks earlier. Family members identified the man who was killed as Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse who protested President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city. After the shooting, an angry crowd gathered and protesters clashed with federal officers, who wielded batons and deployed flash bangs. The Minnesota National Guard was assisting local police at the direction of Gov. Tim Walz, officials said. Guard troops were sent to both the shooting site and a federal building where officers have squared off with demonstrators daily. Information about what led up to the shooting was limited, Police Chief Brian O’Hara said. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that federal officers were conducting an operation and fired “defensive shots” after a man with a handgun approached them and “violently resisted” when they tried to disarm him. In bystander videos of the shooting that emerged soon after, Pretti is seen with a phone in his hand but none appears to show him with a visible weapon. O’Hara said police believe he was a “lawful gun owner with a permit to carry.” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said during a news conference that Pretti had shown up to “impede a law enforcement operation.” She questioned why he was armed but did not offer details about whether Pretti drew the weapon or brandished it at officers. The officer who shot him is an eight-year Border Patrol veteran, federal officials said. The president weighed in on social media by lashing out at Walz and the Minneapolis mayor. He shared images of the gun that immigration officials said was recovered and said: “What is that all about? Where are the local Police? Why weren’t they allowed to protect ICE Officers?” Trump, a Republican, said the Democratic governor and mayor are “are inciting Insurrection, with their pompous, dangerous, and arrogant rhetoric.” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York was among several Democratic lawmakers demanding federal immigration authorities leave Minnesota. She also urged Democrats to refuse to vote to fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying via social media: “We have a responsibility to protect Americans from tyranny.” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer later said that Democrats will not vote for a spending package that includes money for DHS, which oversees ICE. Schumer’s statement increases the possibility that the government could partially shut down Jan. 30 when funding runs out. Pretti was shot just over a mile from where an ICE officer killed 37-year-old Renee Good on Jan. 7, sparking widespread protests. Pretti’s family released a statement Saturday evening saying they are “heartbroken but also very angry” and calling him a kindhearted soul who wanted to make a difference in the world through his work as a nurse.

New York Post [1/24/2026 5:26 PM, Geoff Earle, 42219K] reports Chaos erupted in Minneapolis Saturday after hundreds of protesters faced off against federal agents in the wake of the fatal shooting of an armed man who allegedly tried to intervene in the arrest of a criminal migrant. One Homeland Security agent even lost a finger in the violence, according to DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, who posted photos of a sobbing demonstrator — and the bloody, severed digit. "In Minneapolis, these rioters attacked our law enforcement officer and one of them bit off our HSI officer’s finger," she posted on X, adding, "He will lose his finger.” Tensions flared as law enforcement tried to secure the area around West 26th Street and Nicollet Ave in South Minneapolis Saturday morning — where Alex Jeffrey Pretti was shot and killed. Protesters flooded the streets jeering at masked agents, with some blowing loud whistles – while federal forces fired repeated volleys of tear gas trying to disperse the crowds. Rioters tossed trash cans atop an armored vehicle and other projectiles, while screaming, "F- – k you!" at armed officers. "About 200 rioters arrived at the scene and began to obstruct and assault law enforcement on the scene, crowd control measures were deployed for the safety of the public and law enforcement," the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement after the incident. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called in the National Guard to help secure the Whipple Federal Building, which has been used by immigration authorities as a detention center, "due to the potential for continuing and growing conflict.” Pretti, 37, died at the scene after authorities alleged he brandished a weapon as they attempted to arrest Jose Huerta-Chuma, whose criminal record includes domestic violence, DHS said. As the dramatic events unfolded on streets that include boutique donut shops and ethnic restaurants, one protester carried an upside down American flag. Federal agents, many wearing gas masks, struggled to secure police tape that had gotten ripped down intersections near the site of the shooting, as they sought to impose order block-by-block. President Trump and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz traded barbs, with Trump using Truth Social to accuse Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey of "inciting insurrection with their pompous, dangerous and arrogant rhetoric!"Walz blamed the feds for stoking tensions. "We know that the potential to further inflame tensions is high. And to Minnesotans, there’s a difference. We want calm and peace and normalcy back to our lives. They want chaos," he said. He called on Trump to "remove this force from Minnesota.” "We recognize that there’s a lot of anger and a lot of questions around what has happened, but we need people to remain peaceful. In the area, we have an unlawful assembly at this time," said Minneapolis Police Chief O’Hara.

Reuters [1/24/2026 5:24 PM, Heather Schlitz, 36480K] reports when Fabiola, a single mother and naturalized U.S. citizen from Latin America, first learned of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, she said she was heartbroken and terrified. Then she joined the thousands of other Minnesotans who have volunteered to track ICE agents since Good was killed - despite her fears for herself and her son Asher, who is seven. "I do feel scared, but at the same time, I know I have to take care of my people too," she said. Activists say they have been overwhelmed by new volunteers - despite the potential for violence - since Good was killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. Federal agents on Saturday shot dead a Minneapolis resident, the second person since the Trump administration surged 3,000 immigration enforcement officials to the city. Fabiola, who has lived in the U.S. for 20 years and owns a construction company, never knew Good. The mother of three was fatally shot when she stopped her car during an immigration enforcement action, just blocks from Fabiola’s home. DHS did not respond to requests for comment on the risks to observers in Minnesota, but officials say federal agents respond with gunfire when they fear for their lives. Kristi Noem, the DHS secretary, and other Trump administration officials have described the protesters and observers as "anti-ICE" and "far left" agitators. Fabiola and Asher now blow their whistles when they spot immigration agents on their way to school. She taught Asher how to identify federal agents by their uniforms, and made him memorize his grandparents’ phone numbers in case she is detained.

FOX News [1/24/2026 5:59 PM, Staff, 40621K] reports Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., argues there is a need for federal law enforcement in cities where ‘violent criminals’ are ‘allowed to roam around’ on ‘Fox Report.’ [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

Daily Caller [1/24/2026 4:07 PM, Anthony Iafrate, 835K] reports a Minneapolis man who calls himself "Antifa" urged his nearly 36,000 Instagram followers to "get your fucking guns" and "stop" federal law enforcement, after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot an armed man in his city. Kyle Wagner, a self-described "entrepreneur" and "master-hate-baiter," posted a series of videos to social media appearing to encourage armed and explicitly non-peaceful demonstrations against federal agents, whom he referred to as "Nazi gunmen." The far-left influencer uploaded the videos in the immediate aftermath of the day’s fatal shooting, which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claimed targeted a suspect who looked ready to "massacre law enforcement." Chaotic riots subsequently erupted on the streets of Minneapolis. "My name is Kyle, I’m Antifa, and there’s so much rage in me, I’ve had to record this like fifteen times trying to get the message out," Wagner addressed the camera in one video posted to Instagram. "They fucked up." "[I]t’s time to suit up, boots on the ground … show up ready to go," he said, later noting he was specifically "talking specifically to my fucking followers." "No, not talking about peaceful protests anymore. We’re not talking about having polite conversations anymore," Wagner stressed. "Sorry, but welcome to America 2026 where Second Amendment is the only thing that’s gonna keep you fucking protected from literal fucking Nazi gunmen that are killing innocent people in the street with impunity. This is not a fucking joke. There’s nothing fun to chant about it.” "Get your fucking guns and stop these fucking people," the self-professed Antifa content creator emphasized.

New York Times [1/24/2026 7:05 PM, Nate Schweber, 135475K] reports with a powerful winter storm approaching New York City and temperatures in the teens, more than a thousand demonstrators rallied on short notice at Union Square late Saturday afternoon to protest the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. “I didn’t know I could be enraged more than I already was,” said Alli Malafronte, 61, a retired nurse who lives in Manhattan. Signs held in the frigid air read “Justice for Alex” in honor of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, a registered nurse shot and killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis earlier on Saturday. “Say it once, say it twice, we will not put up with ICE,” the crowd chanted. One sign was held by Indigo Moore, 27, a school administrator who lives in Manhattan. She was horrified by online videos of Mr. Pretti’s shooting. Ms. Moore said she had been to Union Square on Friday for a similarly frigid protest against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. “At this rate I’m getting pretty angry,” she said, “and that’s what’s keeping me warm.” Attendees expressed a mix of anguished resignation and outraged optimism about what effect the demonstration might have.

Los Angeles Times [1/24/2026 8:41 PM, Suhauna Hussain, 14862K] reports a planned demonstration and vigil in support of a 37-year-old man shot and killed by immigration officers in Minneapolis concluded Saturday in downtown Los Angeles without incident, but a number of protesters lingered well into the evening, police said. LAPD officers issued a dispersal order before 9 p.m. to a crowd gathered on Alameda Street between Temple and Aliso streets, requiring them to leave the area or be subject to arrest. Though the planned vigil concluded at 8 p.m., demonstrators were still gathered near the downtown federal building at 9:30 p.m. A police spokesperson said he was unaware of any major conflicts shortly before 10 p.m. Earlier in the day, crowds gathered first at the historic Placita Olvera marketplace. A banner fluttered above reading, "From Los Angeles to Minneapolis, stop ICE terror.” As the afternoon light began to fade, speakers led chants to "abolish ICE" and urged "ICE out of Minnesota, ICE out of L.A.” They carried signs printed with messages including "America hates ICE" and "Drop the charges on Minnesota activists.” Aida Ashouri, a candidate running for city attorney, said she couldn’t imagine if she had been snatched as a child and deported to Iran, where her family is from. Adi Renee, an educator who spoke at the rally, said that the Minneapolis protests, during which thousands of workers walked off the job and hundreds of businesses shut down on Friday, had shown that labor unions could help to lead a political strike against ICE and the Trump administration. "I’m really grateful to Minneapolis," she said. "They’ve shown us that our public unions can call a political strike and they need to do it now.” A speaker at the rally who identified herself as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America denounced violence by federal agents in Minnesota. "We are here again after another shooting," she said into a megaphone. "Our elected officials continue to fund ICE [which is] murdering and kidnapping our neighbors in the streets.”

NewsMax [1/24/2026 5:36 PM, James Morley III, 4109K] reports Newsmax legal analyst Jay Town said Saturday that the federal officer involved in the shooting death of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old Minnesota man, should not face criminal charges, citing self-defense standards and law enforcement training. Appearing on Newsmax’s "The Count," Town addressed the Department of Homeland Security’s assessment that the officer acted in self-defense during what DHS described as an armed struggle. Pretti, an American citizen from Minnesota, was armed with a 9mm handgun, a detail Town said has been downplayed by state and local Democratic leaders. "That’s a crucial detail that Minnesota Democrat leaders like Governor Walz and Mayor Frey are refusing to acknowledge in their multiple press conferences," Town said. While acknowledging the tragedy of the incident, Town said the legal standard for deadly force was met. "It is tragic. It is horrifying. Anytime anyone loses their life," he said. "But if it is indeed how DHS says this all played out … then absolutely not," Town added when asked whether the officer should be charged. "I can say with great certainty that this officer should not be charged," Town said. "The use of deadly force standard is when an officer reasonably believes that a suspect poses a threat of death or serious bodily harm to himself or others," he said. Town said video evidence shows Pretti violently resisting officers as they attempted to detain and disarm him. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

Wall Street Journal [1/24/2026 8:51 PM, Jack Morphet, Mariah Timms, and Michelle Hackman, 646K] reports demonstrators by the thousands have been protesting the Department of Homeland Security’s tactics in Minnesota this month after federal agents fatally shot two people in separate incidents during immigration-enforcement operations. Here is what to know about what the law says about DHS’s policies—and the rights of bystanders: Border Patrol’s Use of Force policy permits officers to deploy “less-lethal devices,” including pepper spray, for crowd control when protesters act violently or aggressively in ways that suggest they could physically injure officers. U.S. citizens aren’t required to carry proof of their citizenship, and in general the law doesn’t allow agents to make arrests based solely on a person’s inability to immediately produce evidence of their status. “Agents can ask whatever they want. U.S. citizens aren’t required to show papers,” said Sarah Saldaña, who was director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the presidency of Barack Obama. Noncitizens are required to carry their immigration documents and present them if requested, Saldaña said. ICE agents can’t arrest someone off the street simply based on their race or ethnicity, or because they only speak Spanish. Officers must be able to establish what’s called a “reasonable suspicion” that someone is in the U.S. in violation of the law in order to question them. To use lethal force, an officer has to have a “reasonable apprehension” of an “imminent threat” of serious bodily harm or death being imposed against the officer or someone else, said Phil Stinson, a Bowling Green State University criminologist who studies police misconduct. ICE officers can stop a car and order the occupants out if they have reasonable suspicion that the people inside have violated immigration law. If ICE officers are looking for a specific person, they can go to their home, though they are not authorized to enter forcibly without a warrant signed by a judge.

Washington Examiner [1/24/2026 11:58 PM, Zach LaChance, 1394K] reports the House Homeland Security Committee has requested testimony from the leaders of key agencies behind the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration raids just hours after another officer-involved shooting occurred in Minneapolis on Saturday. Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) summoned U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting Director Todd Lyons, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Edlow to testify in a committee hearing, the date of which has not yet been determined.

CNN [1/25/2026 4:00 AM, Andy Rose, 606K] reports the body of Renee Good had not yet been turned over to her family when the Trump administration announced her fatal shooting by an ICE agent was in response to "an act of domestic terrorism." Later, sources told CNN the Justice Department stopped investigating the agent and federal authorities refused to share information with local investigators. Good’s family, including her partner, Becca, decided to get answers on their own. They hired the legal team connected to another case of deadly force by law enforcement in Minneapolis – the 2020 death of George Floyd under the knee of police officer Derek Chauvin. "The community is not receiving transparency about this case elsewhere, so our team will provide that to the country," said the law firm of Romanucci & Blandin, the same lawyers who represented Floyd’s family in a civil lawsuit. The Floyd case resulted in a $27 million payout by the city of Minneapolis, which the firm said was the largest pretrial settlement of a wrongful death civil rights case. This month the attorneys sent letters to federal agencies connected to Good’s shooting, saying they "anticipate bringing legal action" over allegations including excessive force and negligence and demanding evidence be preserved. One of those letters was sent to the home of Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who fired the fatal shots January 7 in Minneapolis. "We need to know based on the totality of circumstances – not only looking at the video, but also looking at the intent that was there, looking at reasonable police practices," family attorney Antonio Romanucci told CNN’s Erin Burnett last week. Taking on the city of Minneapolis in the George Floyd case was challenging, but Romanucci acknowledges this case – suing the United States government for the conduct of an immigration officer – is harder. "Legal action against the federal government is even more complex," Romanucci said. Good’s family can’t immediately file a lawsuit against the administration. For most of the country’s history, suing the United States for harm caused by a government employee was impossible. Until 1946, most citizens seeking compensation for a negligent or wrongful act by a civil servant could get it only through a literal act of Congress, case by case. "And Congress hated it because people who had these claims would just constantly contact their congressman to say, ‘How’s my claim going?’" said Paul Figley, professor emeritus at the American University Washington College of Law, an expert on tort cases against the government. The result was Federal Tort Claims Act – known as the FTCA – a landmark moment for victims’ rights.

Daily Caller [1/24/2026 2:32 PM, Alex McKenna, 835K] reports Socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced his free childcare policy for all, including illegal immigrants, during a Friday press conference. Hosting a roundtable discussion about pre-K and 3-K programs, Mamdani reiterated that, "we are also proud to be a sanctuary city" as he encouraged enrollment was open "for every single New Yorker." The program enrollment deadline is Feb. 27. "This is one example of a city program that we are encouraging everyone to apply to, to see themselves as a part of and to know that we are going to use every single law that we have here to protect the health and safety of everyone who signs up," said Mamdani. "These are not programs that are going to ask the immigration status of any one of the children.” The same day, thousands of New Yorkers hit the streets to protest ICE. Mamdani also reminded New Yorkers that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are not welcome in the five boroughs without a warrant. "We have policies in place, policies that have existed for years in this city that deny ICE agents access into schools, hospitals, city properties, or even the properties of city contractors unless those ICE agents can present a judicial warrant signed by a judge," said Mamdani.

Washington Examiner [1/24/2026 10:10 PM, Peter Laffin, 1394K] reports tt wasn’t surprising to learn that there was more to the story of the 5-year-old detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis last week than met the eye. The heartrending picture of the frightened boy in his winter hat being led into a dark vehicle by a masked officer sparked a visceral response. But as it happened, the boy was alone in a vehicle because his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, fled on foot upon seeing the officers. And when the officer attempted to return the boy to his home, his mother and whomever else was inside refused to open the door. Only then was he led by the hand to the vehicle. Predictably, the evocative image went viral on social media, along with false context spread by liberal journalists that the child was being used as "bait" for the parents. No evidence has surfaced to contradict DHS’s version of events, not that it matters to President Donald Trump’s opponents in the press. The young boy’s terrified face made for a perfect propaganda tool, and they wielded it with glee behind crocodile tears. The incident was a flashing red warning for an agency that is losing the war for hearts and minds. Images matter, in this media environment more than ever. Yet so far in Trump’s second term, ICE’s attempts to clean up the mess from Joe Biden’s calamitous open-border policy have been marred by sloppy optics and amateurish messaging. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s brash, cowgirl attire and hard-line rhetoric frequently scares off normal voters who might otherwise be sympathetic to the cause of cleaning up the streets. And ICE’s communications staff habitually shares weird and dark memes on social media, the kind that lend credence to Democrats’ characterizations of the agency. Saturday’s shooting of left-wing agitator Alex Pretti in Minneapolis and Noem’s response epitomized the agency’s recent problems. Multiple videos show that Pretti appears to have been another progressive agitator with a cell phone camera. A scuffle occurred between a different officer and protester pairing, and Pretti lunged forward in the action. Four officers proceeded to detain him face down on the ground as Pretti resisted. At one point, an officer appears to disarm Pretti of the pistol he’d been legally carrying. Moments later, for reasons that remain unclear, a Border Patrol agent drew his gun at Pretti as the other officers held him down, and fired multiple times, sending his body instantly limp. As with the shooting of activist Renee Good two weeks earlier, the chaotic scene will take some time to parse out. Did the one officer who shouted "gun" trigger the shot, even though Pretti had already been disarmed? But having viewed multiple videos of the Pretti shooting multiple times, it’s difficult, if not impossible, to justify the shooting morally. Legally, perhaps, but only because the legal standard for a law enforcement officer is so low and highly subjective — for a shooting to be lawful, an officer needs only to have a reasonable perception of an imminent threat of deadly force. Pretti was being held down by four muscular men and had been disarmed. The court of law may acquit the officer, but the court of public opinion will almost certainly convict him along with the broader effort to carry out sweeping and often reckless deportation operations.

Blaze [1/24/2026 11:40 AM, Joseph MacKinnon, 1442K] reports Democrats and the liberal media have been working overtime to vilify and dehumanize the men and women of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This demonization campaign — which opened a new front Sunday with the mob action against Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota — has coincided with unprecedented spikes in assaults and death threats against ICE agents. Two men were charged in separate cases this week for allegedly threatening to murder ICE agents. Justin Mesael Novoa, 21, of Columbus, Ohio, was federally charged Thursday with making threatening interstate communications. Novoa apparently has been stewing for months, allegedly issuing threats on X which were brought to the attention of Homeland Security Investigations. Novoa, whose preliminary hearing is set for Feb. 5, apparently did not have an adult criminal history, and court documents indicate he was not prohibited from possessing firearms. In a separate case, a man from Harrison County, West Virginia, also was arrested this week for allegedly threatening to murder federal immigration agents and supporters of President Donald Trump. Cody Smith, 20, has been charged with making terroristic threats and was being held at North Central Regional Jail. West Virginia State Police learned that Smith had posted videos of himself online in which he allegedly said he was going to attack and kill ICE agents and made threats against Trump. Smith also allegedly indicated on social media that he intended to murder Trump supporters and service members willing to "bootlick," reported WBOY-TV.

Breitbart [1/24/2026 4:51 PM, Neil Munro, 2416K] reports President Donald Trump’s officers are operating within federal law when they arrest fugitive "Final Order" migrants in their homes without first getting a judge’s signature, a top Justice Department official told Breitbart News. "In cases of fugitives, courts have recognized that administrative warrants are perfectly okay" for home arrests without a judge’s signature, Chad Mizelle, the chief of staff and Acting Associate Attorney General of the Department of Justice, said. The policy applies to migrants who been given "Final Orders" of deportation after full due process in the courts. The orders make them fugitives under the law, he said. Over the last few decades, more than one million migrants have been ordered home by judges, but have stayed in the United States. During that period, various presidents, appointees, and legislators have failed to uphold the civil rights of Americans by refusing to enforce America’s immigration laws. Democrats claim to be outraged by the new policy, which greatly simplifies ICE’s task of picking up fugitives — including violent migrants — from known locations for quick deportations back to their home countries. This process ensures that ICE officials do not have to wait for a judge — many of whom oppose deportations — to sign a judicial warrant, but can instead get administrative warrants from agency lawyers. Mizelle quickly jumped into the online debate, telling one critic, "Read the en banc court’s decision in US v Lucas. The court held, plain as day, admin [not judicial] warrants suffice for entering the home of a fugitive. Case closed.”

CNN [1/24/2026 7:00 AM, Aaron Blake, 18595K] reports President Donald Trump and his administration have adopted a rather confusing posture on their highly controversial immigration raids. On the one hand, they seem to recognize that ICE’s actions are a growing political problem for them, as polls show 6 in 10 Americans say the agency has gone "too far." Both Trump and Vice President JD Vance have begun acknowledging "mistakes" have been made or could be made in the future. But besides those rhetorical shifts, there is little evidence that the administration is actually changing up its practices. Indeed, just this week the administration has doubled down on one of its most aggressive volleys yet: claiming the power to enter people’s homes without a judicial warrant, which was laid out in a May 2025 memo revealed this week. All of it suggests an administration that is sticking with an aggressive path. But there’s plenty of evidence that path may continue causing political problems for the administration. The polling suggests a narrative of overreach and over-aggression has clearly set in, with a growing volume of videos and images likely hardening those perceptions.

The Hill [1/24/2026 7:38 PM, Sarah Davis, 12595K] reports Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) is requesting a meeting with President Trump after federal agents fatally shot a second person on Saturday in Minneapolis amid the Trump administration’s massive interstate immigration crackdown. Her request follows the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) announcement that they have initiated “Operation Catch of the Day” in Maine. DHS has already sent federal agents to the state as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to crack down on illegal immigration across the country. “I am appalled and heartbroken by reports of yet another killing at the hands of federal immigration agents,” Mills said in a Saturday statement. “President Trump and [Homeland Security] Secretary [Kristi] Noem’s weaponization of Federal law enforcement against the people they are meant to serve is not only a grave violation of the Constitution, but a threat to the lives of law-abiding people in the cities and states they seek to occupy, including Maine.” In addition to requesting a meeting with the president, Mills asked his administration to “immediately withdraw” federal agents, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, from her state. “As Governor, I am requesting that the President of the United States meet with me so that I can demand in person that his Administration withdraw these untrained and reckless ICE agents in Maine and across the country who are stoking fear in communities, arresting legally present people, including law enforcement officials, and who pose a grave threat to public safety.”

NPR [1/24/2026 7:28 AM, Ari Snider, Scott Simon, 28013K] Audio: HERE reports Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it has arrested more than 100 people so far in Maine as part of an ongoing, large-scale operation that began this week.

NewsMax [1/24/2026 4:58 PM, Solange Reyner, 4109K] reports New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani sharply condemned federal immigration enforcement and renewed his call to dismantle U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after federal agents fatally shot a man in Minneapolis on Saturday, a development that has intensified nationwide protests against the agency. Federal law enforcement officers shot and killed a 37-year-old man during an operation in Minneapolis, marking the third shooting involving federal agents in the city in recent weeks. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara confirmed the man’s death, saying the circumstances were under review. Federal officials said agents fired defensive shots after the individual approached them with a firearm, though video circulating on social media has raised questions about the account. In reaction, Mamdani said the latest incident underscores what he called "the violence that ICE sows with impunity," framing the agency as a threat to public safety rather than a protector of it. "ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE," Mamdani said in a post on X.

New York Post [1/24/2026 8:00 AM, Shane Galvin, 42219K] reports the maniac accused of hurling a rock at a school bus from a New Jersey Turnpike overpass — fracturing the skull of an 8-year-old girl — is an illegal immigrant from Mexico with a long rap sheet, The Post has learned. Hernando Garcia-Morales, 40, allegedly threw the baseball-sized stone on Jan. 7 at a bus returning to Teaneck after a field trip to the Liverty Science Center. Garcia-Morales told cops he believed the bus "was the devil or his enemy" when he was arrested two days after the attack at a homeless encampment in Palisades Park, NJ. The Department of Homeland Security does not know when or where Garcia-Morales illegally entered the country but his criminal history in the Garden State stretches back two decades. Despite his illegal status and alleged violence, Garcia-Morales never faced deportation because of New Jersey’s sanctuary immigration policies, DHS claimed. "ICE has lodged an arrest detainer against this monster, and we hope New Jersey’s sanctuary politicians will help us keep him off American streets for good," McLaughlin said. Meanwhile, the injured third-grader is back at her family’s Bergenfield home, according to her family and supporters. She suffered a deep laceration on her forehead and fracture the size of a nickel to her orbital bone, according to prosecutors. She was taken to Hackensack Meridian Hospital where she underwent surgery with doctors inserting titanium mesh plates and screws in her head to remedy the severe damage. Garcia-Morales has been charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, possession of a weapon, criminal trespassing, and criminal mischief in the rock attack. His lawyer, Heather Aguliar, said he suffers from mental illness. He has yet to file a formal plea.

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FOX News [1/24/2026 1:34 PM, Charles Creitz, 40621K] reports a swing-district congressman is firing back at officials in his Pennsylvania county who called a press conference Thursday to demand Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be "evicted" from county buildings while questioning the "legitimacy" of federal law enforcement. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Pa., told Fox News Digital that Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, officials were wrong to try to boot ICE from office space in the county — where he said federal immigration enforcement already have arrested numerous illegal immigrants convicted of theft and violent crimes, including indecent assault on a minor. But, county controller Mark Pinsley and newly elected Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, executive Josh Siegel saw it differently, after headlining a press conference Thursday to demand ICE leave the area — with Siegel referring to the reported rent arrears as "blood money." The county is demanding immediate payment of "unpaid rent" to the amount of $115,000 and "termination of all negotiations with DHS," the Department of Homeland Security, according to information provided by a representative for Pinsley. Pinsley’s office accused ICE of never fully executing a lease agreement for use of offices — and that DHS purportedly occupied county-owned space for 38 months while not being mentioned in its leasing agreement.

Chicago Tribune [1/25/2026 6:00 AM, Laura Rodríguez Presa, 4829K] reports before choir practice on a Saturday morning, Marina Lopez rushed her three children to get ready. They were running late. “Andenles, ya apaguen la tele y ponganse la chamarra. Hurry, turn off the TV, put on your jacket,” she told them. Her youngest daughter, Sofia, ran toward her mother so that she could tie her hair into a braid. Lopez smiled. She had dreamed of mornings like this. There was a time she worried she would never be able to braid her daughter’s long, brown hair again. Or even see her again. Seven months earlier, Lopez had been detained after receiving a sudden notice from immigration authorities summoning her to an appointment in Chicago’s South Loop. The mother had been in the United States more than 10 years under supervision as she sought asylum. Long enough to believe there was no reason to suspect that the June 4 check-in would end with her being led away in handcuffs. While she was in detention in Grayson County Detention Center in Kentucky, Lopez would hide under her covers to cry and pray. She was desperately worried about her husband and children. They have no one else in this country. They left everyone behind in their native Guatemala, fleeing from gang violence and poverty. Then came help. The choir director at their church began to quietly rally the community. Parishioners dropped off food at the family home almost daily. They helped her husband pay rent and bills. Parents took turns taking care of the children, who, every Sunday, sat with the youth choir, praying that their mother would return home. Lopez felt the support, the shared weight, carried by hymns of praise, week by week. It helped her endure sleepless nights and hungry days for the seven months she spent in detention. “They are the family that I don’t have here,” Lopez said. “It gave me peace knowing that we were so loved. That my children were safe. That kept me going day by day.” Then, more than 200 days after her arrest, her prayers were seemingly answered. Authorities released her on Dec. 23.

Reuters [1/24/2026 5:48 PM, Andrew Goudsward, 36480K] reports a U.S. appeals court rejected the Justice Department’s bid to charge five more people accused of disrupting a Minnesota church service this month, according to court documents made public on Saturday, revealing the lengths the Trump administration has gone to prosecute those involved in the demonstration. The ruling by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest legal setback for the Justice Department as it pursues demonstrators who interrupted a service on Sunday in protest of a pastor’s apparent connection to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. One judge involved in the case said the department’s request appeared to be unprecedented. A federal magistrate judge this week declined to approve arrest warrants for five proposed defendants, including former CNN anchor Don Lemon, who recorded the demonstration, citing a lack of evidence. The judge approved charges for three alleged leaders of the demonstration, but struck a proposed charge accusing them of physically obstructing a house of worship.

New York Times [1/24/2026 5:24 PM, Alan Feuer, 135475K] reports a federal appeals court on Friday turned down an extraordinary request from the Justice Department to force a judge to issue arrest warrants for Don Lemon, the journalist, and four other people in connection with a church protest in Minneapolis last week. The department’s unusual petition, which was unsealed on Saturday along with other documents arising from the case, was a remarkably aggressive attempt by the Trump administration to strong-arm judges into doing its bidding. It prompted an equally remarkable pushback from the conservative chief federal judge in Minnesota, who called the petition “frivolous” and categorically rejected the administration’s efforts to depict its need for the warrants as what he described as a “national security emergency.” The dispute also shows the boundary-pushing lengths to which Trump administration officials are willing to go in their efforts to crack down on what they see as criticism of the president’s aggressive immigration measures. The fight over the warrants began Tuesday evening, when federal prosecutors presented a criminal complaint to Magistrate Judge Douglas L. Micko in the Federal District Court in Minneapolis, seeking the arrest of eight people in connection with the disruption of a church service in neighboring St. Paul, Minn., just days before. The protest was held because the pastor of the church apparently also works as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official. After considering the complaint, Judge Micko found there was probable cause to issue warrants for three of the suspects — Nekima Levy Armstrong, Chauntyll Louisa Allen and William Kelly — all of whom were ultimately taken into custody on Thursday. But he refused to approve warrants for the other five people, including Mr. Lemon, who had been working as an independent reporter, and his producer, the unsealed court papers said. Almost immediately, the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, Daniel N. Rosen, who was appointed by President Trump last year, notified the district’s chief judge, Patrick J. Schiltz, that he wanted another judge to review Judge Micko’s decision — a highly unusual move.

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Daily Wire [1/24/2026 10:12 AM, Zach Jewell, 2494K]

CNN [1/24/2026 7:24 AM, Emma Tucker, 18595K] reports a 2-year-old girl was taken into ICE custody with her father on Thursday in Minneapolis and flown to Texas before she was returned to her mother Friday afternoon, a family lawyer said. The child’s transfer to Texas took place despite a court order requiring her immediate release, according to the affidavit filed by the family attorney. The toddler’s father, identified as Elvis Tipan-Echeverria, remains in custody, the family’s attorney Kira Kelley told CNN Friday evening. The toddler and her father were initially being held at a federal facility in Minneapolis on Thursday after agents pursued their vehicle in a "targeted enforcement operation," a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told CNN Friday. The father and the toddler, identified only as C.R.T.V. in court documents, are citizens of Ecuador, and the child has lived in Minneapolis "since her arrival in the United States as a newborn" and has a pending asylum application. During the encounter with Tipan-Echeverria and his daughter, DHS said the father was "driving erratically with a child in the vehicle." The father would then park the vehicle when federal agents attempted to take him into custody; however, "he refused multiple lawful commands to open his door or lower his window," the agency said. Roughly 120 people "surrounded the agents blocking them in and preventing exit" during the arrest, DHS said. "Agitators in the crowd then began to throw rocks and garbage cans toward the agents and child," prompting agents to deploy crowd control measures to "safely clear the area," the statement continued. Federal agents attempted to give the child to the mother, "who was in the area, but she refused," DHS claimed. Federal agents "took care of the child who the mother would not take," before the father and child were "reunited" at a federal facility, DHS said. However, the family’s lawyer said the child’s mother was standing outside and was near her husband as the couple were "calling out to each other" and the father tried to bring the child to her mother, but ICE agents "would not allow" it, the affidavit said. The court granted the petition to immediately release the child, transferring custody of her temporarily to the attorney "for the purpose of retrieving the infant from immigration detention," by 9:30 p.m. Thursday, the court documents said. A federal court order has barred ICE from sending the father outside of Minnesota while court proceedings play out, Kelley’s statement said.

AP [1/24/2026 8:26 AM, Jack Brook, 31753K] reports when federal immigration agents pounded on the door of his Minneapolis home, the oldest son in a family of 10 knew he had to move his siblings to a safer place. Their mother, a 41-year-old Indigenous Ecuadorian office cleaner without a known criminal record besides minor traffic offenses, had been detained in early January because she entered the country illegally. Her eldest children feared they would be next, leaving behind their 5-month-old brother and six other children under 16 years old. That’s when the family contacted Feliza Martinez, a friend from church, who rallied a group of volunteers to quietly move them to a safe house in south Minneapolis. Martinez is one of the countless Twin Cities residents aiding immigrants like Melida Rita Wampash Tuntuam’s family, prompted by word-of-mouth appeals for help — mostly ordinary people appalled by the aggressive tactics of federal agents who have broken down doors without warrants and violently clashed with protesters during the Trump administration’s crackdown. As more than 2,000 federal agents scour Minneapolis-St. Paul for immigrants to detain and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security reports more than 3,000 arrests since early December, residents have organized to monitor, disrupt and protest the crackdown in the streets and in less visible ways.

NBC News [1/24/2026 7:15 PM, Bridget Bowman, 34509K] reports hours after federal immigration agents killed a man in Minneapolis, the top Democrats running for U.S. Senate in Texas appeared on a debate stage together and both called for overhauling Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Just minutes into the debate between Rep. Jasmine Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico, which was hosted by the Texas AFL-CIO and moderated by Nexstar’s KXAN-TV and The Dallas Morning News, Crockett referenced the shooting by Department of Homeland Security agents. She pointed to the incident to lay out the stakes of the race ahead of the March 3 primary. "Listen, we are not looking at politics as usual. Just today, we just had another person gunned down in the streets in Minneapolis," Crockett said. "And so for anyone that believes that we are going to be able to respond to this in a normal way, I think that they’ve got it wrong.” Crockett and Talarico also agreed on a range of liberal positions as they fight to flip a Republican-leaning state, including saying that President Donald Trump has committed impeachable offenses and that changing the makeup of the Supreme Court should be considered. Crockett defended her recent vote against a DHS funding bill, saying, "There was no way I was going to continue to pump a historic amount of money into this rogue organization that is going out and is violating people’s rights every single day in American cities.” "We absolutely have to clean house, whatever that looks like," Crockett, who supports impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, later said when pressed on whether she would support defunding or abolishing ICE altogether. Talarico, who also backed impeaching Noem, said it is time to "tear down" the agency.

National Law Review [1/24/2026 6:22 PM, Minnie Fu and Manda Brefo, 191K] reports on Dec. 31, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California vacated the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) decisions to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal, finding that the terminations violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). The court concluded that DHS failed to conduct an objective assessment of country conditions and did not consult with other federal agencies. National TPS Alliance, et al. v. Noem, et al., No. 25-cv-05687 (N.D. Cal.). As background, the National TPS Alliance and other individuals (the plaintiffs) filed a lawsuit on July 7, 2025, after DHS announced the termination of TPS for individuals from Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua. Their legal status and work authorization were set to end within 60 days of the DHS announcement. TPS terminations would have resulted in the loss of legal status and work authorization within 60 days, and approximately 60,000 individuals were expected to be impacted. The plaintiffs argued that the TPS terminations were preordained decisions, not based on current country conditions, and that the terminations deviated from prior agency practice without explanation. DHS provided only a 60-day transition period, in contrast with long-standing agency practice of providing at least six months. In its Dec. 31, 2025, decision, the court sided with the plaintiffs, stating, in light of the procedural failures, the TPS terminations for Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua were arbitrary and capricious agency actions under the APA. As a result, the terminations for Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua were deemed unlawful and vacated. Still, DHS has continued to move forward with TPS terminations for other countries.

FOX News [1/24/2026 7:34 PM, Staff, 40621K] reports National Border Patrol Council president Paul Perez says Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz should ‘resign in shame’ on ‘The Big Weekend Show.’ [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

Politico [1/24/2026 10:00 AM, Derek Guy, 13586K] reports this past week, images of Greg Bovino, the commander of the U.S. Border Patrol, spread rapidly across social media as he appeared in Minneapolis flanked by federal agents and shouting orders at protesters Moving through snow-covered streets, Bovino wore an olive wool, double-breasted overcoat with epaulettes, brass buttons and pointed applied cuffs. Online critics described it as a “Nazi cosplay coat,” and California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press account on X called it “Nazi-coded.” Yet while Bovino’s coat shares visual similarities with certain Nazi uniforms — including the German M40 overcoat worn by Kriegsmarine officers — it belongs to a much broader lineage. The double-breasted closure, metal buttons and Ulster collar are hallmarks of the greatcoat, a 19th-century form of outerwear worn by soldiers from many different nations. Members of the Allied forces, including British and American troops, wore greatcoats during the Second World War. Joseph Stalin appeared in one at the 1945 Yalta Conference. Like field shirts, trenchcoats and combat boots, the greatcoat belongs to a shared military vocabulary that predates fascism and has been used by military forces around the world. And that vocabulary has proliferated out into the broader culture in decidedly not fascist ways: In the BBC series Doctor Who, for example, the Doctor — portrayed as eccentric, humane and resistant to authoritarianism and violence — often wears a similar overcoat. Although critics fixated on the wrong historical reference, their discomfort wasn’t imaginary. Bovino’s coat may not be a Hitlerian symbol, but it is a symbol for something else: the increasing militarization of immigration enforcement. Uniforms perform three important roles: They reveal what an institution believes itself to be; they shape how the public sees service members; and they affect how service members see themselves. By dressing immigration enforcement officials in battle-ready attire, the agency encourages agents to understand themselves not as civil servants carrying out administrative law, but as frontline combatants operating in hostile terrain. That shift in self-conception may help partially explain the aggressive tactics ICE officers have deployed in Minneapolis, where they have used chemical irritants against peaceful demonstrators, thrown gas canisters into crowds and, most notably, fatally shot 37-year-old Renée Good. Over time, this produces a self-reinforcing cycle: militarized dress fosters aggressive posture; aggressive posture fuels public fear; and that fear is then cited as justification for even greater militarization. When a domestic agency dresses for war, it risks acting as if it is at war, even with the public. Clothing alone does not determine conduct, but it can help shape a worldview in which violent confrontation is more likely.

Breitbart [1/24/2026 12:52 PM, Bob Price, 2416K] reports federal officials say a Minneapolis kennel employee targeted a CBP detection dog with an anti‑ICE message, marking a new escalation in the city’s hostility toward immigration enforcement. Federal sources report that the message was discovered during a routine welfare check on the K‑9, which was temporarily housed at the facility while supporting federal enforcement operations in the region. Officials say the act wasn’t an accident or a joke, but a deliberate expression of the growing anti‑ICE sentiment that has increasingly spilled over into harassment of personnel, equipment, and now even the animals assigned to protect them. The ominous message was posted on a feed chart for CBP K-9 Dina. Federal officials say the targeting of K-9 Dina in Minneapolis is not an isolated act but part of a broader pattern of hostility that has rapidly intensified around federal immigration operations in the city. Over the past several weeks, ICE and Border Patrol personnel have reported repeated harassment, vandalism, and direct interference from agitators attempting to disrupt enforcement activity.

Breitbart [1/24/2026 3:51 PM, Staff, 2416K] reports an unidentified man has been arrested after he drove a vehicle into a Detroit Metro Airport terminal and injured six on Friday night. The incident happened at the airport’s McNamara Terminal and close to the check-in line for Delta Air Lines at 7:30 p.m. EST., CBS News reported. The vehicle struck a ticket counter and was fully inside the terminal when the driver was arrested, according to the Wayne County Airport Authority, which oversees the airport’s operations. Six people were treated for injuries at the scene, but none were hospitalized. Witnesses reported hearing a loud noise when the vehicle rammed the terminal’s entryway and continued into the Delta Air Lines passenger desk, which was manned, according to WXYZ-TV. Police and Transportation Security Administration officers responded quickly and arrested the driver. "The response was so quick, thank god, with the cops and TSA and everybody," airline passenger Ali Khalifa told WXYZ, adding that it "all happened in seconds."

NewsMax [1/24/2026 5:13 PM, Sandy Fitzgerald, 4109K] reports Homeland Security Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Saturday urged Americans in the path of the massive Winter Storm Fern to stay off the nation’s roads as conditions worsen. The storm is bringing heavy snow, dangerous ice and life-threatening cold to millions of Americans across the nation, and Noem, during an afternoon press conference that aired on Newsmax, said that remaining off the roads is critical for public safety, unless travel is absolutely necessary. "This storm is going to produce heavy snow. It’s going to produce dangerous freezing rain and ice and life-threatening wind chills that will be sustained for days," Noem said. She said power outages, road closures, and other disruptions have already begun affecting parts of the Midwest, the South and the East Coast, with impacts expected to expand as the storm continues. "The most important thing that people can do across this country is to please stay off the roads, to stay home when possible, unless you absolutely have to be out and about," she said. Noem added that staying home not only protects families but also allows emergency responders to focus on proactive safety efforts rather than rescue operations. "That will not only ensure that you and your family are safe, but that emergency responders aren’t out there trying to rescue you when they could be out doing other work to proactively keep people safe and at home," Noem said. Federal and state officials continue to monitor Winter Storm Fern as it moves across the country, with residents urged to follow local advisories and emergency guidance.

Washington Examiner [1/24/2026 11:47 AM, Sydney Topf, 1394K] reports Noem said the storm is capable of producing heavy snow, dangerous freezing rain, and life-threatening windshields. She also warned of possible power outages and road closures. Noem encouraged people to stay off the roads for their safety and to clear the roads for emergency services. She urged people to stay up-to-date with local announcements about the storm. Noem directed people in the path of the storm to visit ready.gov for more information on the storm. Attached to the video posted on X, Noem said she is in contact with state and local officials in the areas expected to get hit by the storm. President Donald Trump has also assured Americans that the federal government is ready to respond to the snowstorm. As of Saturday morning, more than 9,000 flights across the U.S. have been canceled. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and at least 18 governors have already declared state of emergency declarations in preparation for the storm. The states include Arkansas, Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Kentucky, New York, New Jersey, Kansas, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Texas, and Delaware.

Reuters [1/25/2026 3:05 AM, Phil Stewart and Lewis Krauskopf, 36480K] reports more than 4,000 flights were canceled in the U.S. on Saturday ahead of a monster winter storm that had already cut power to more than 230,000 customers as far west as Texas and threatened to paralyze eastern states with heavy snowfall. Forecasters said snow, sleet, freezing rain and dangerously frigid temperatures would sweep the eastern two-thirds of the nation on Sunday and into the week. Calling the storms "historic," President Donald Trump on Saturday approved federal emergency disaster declarations in South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Indiana, and West Virginia. "We will continue to monitor, and stay in touch with all States in the path of this storm. Stay Safe, and Stay Warm," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have declared weather emergencies, the Department of Homeland Security said. "We do have tens of thousands of people in affected states in the South that have lost power," DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said on Saturday. "We have utility crews that are working to restore that as quick as possible." The number of outages continued to rise. As of 2:44 a.m. EST (0744 GMT) on Sunday, some 230,000 U.S. customers had no electricity, the bulk of them in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee and New Mexico, according to PowerOutage.com. The AP [1/24/2026 9:25 PM, Thomas Peipert, Jeff Amy, and Dave Collins, 31753K] reports that widespread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain threatened nearly 180 million people — more than half the U.S. population — in a path stretching from the southern Rocky Mountains to New England, the National Weather Service said Saturday night. It warned people to brace for a string of frigid days. “The snow and the ice will be very, very slow to melt and won’t be going away anytime soon, and that’s going to hinder any recovery efforts,” said Allison Santorelli, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. President Donald Trump had approved emergency declarations for at least a dozen states by Saturday, with more expected to come. The Federal Emergency Management Agency pre-positioned commodities, staff and search and rescue teams in numerous states, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. “We just ask that everyone would be smart – stay home if possible,” Noem said.

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NewsMax [1/24/2026 5:13 PM, Jim Thomas, 4109K] reports Almost 10,000 weekend flights were canceled and about 140 million people were under winter storm warnings Saturday as a sprawling system spread hazardous snow and ice across much of the United States, prompting President Donald Trump to approve emergency declarations for South Carolina and Virginia. "I have approved Emergency Declarations for the Historic Winter Storms headed to the Great State of South Carolina and the Commonwealth of Virginia. "With the help of FEMA and our State partners, we will keep everyone safe, and make sure both States have the support they need. "We will continue to monitor, and stay in touch with all States in the path of this storm. Stay Safe, and Stay Warm!" President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social Saturday morning. President Trump updated his earlier post as follows: "I have just approved Emergency Declarations for Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Indiana, and West Virginia. "We are working closely with FEMA, Governors, and State Emergency Management teams to ensure the safety of everybody. Stay Safe, and Stay Warm!". The storm was described as stretching from the Southwest into the Northeast and New England, with heavy snow, ice and worsening travel conditions expected through the weekend. The system was dumping snow across parts of Kansas and Oklahoma while hitting North and East Texas and Arkansas with freezing rain and sleet. The Associated Press, citing FlightAware, reported more than 3,600 flights were canceled Saturday and more than 6,200 were called off for Sunday. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster declared a state of emergency Jan. 21 in Executive Order 2026-02, the South Carolina Emergency Management Division said. McMaster also requested a federal emergency disaster declaration from Trump for the Jan. 24-26 storm period, the governor’s office said Friday. Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger declared a state of emergency Jan. 22 ahead of winter weather expected to begin Saturday and last into Monday morning, her office said. Trump approved federal disaster assistance for Virginia on Saturday. Meanwhile, the federal government placed nearly 30 search-and-rescue teams on standby and prepositioned supplies. Eighteen states and Washington, D.C., had already declared states of emergency, including Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Missouri, Kansas, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey.

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CBS Pittsburgh [1/24/2026 12:34 PM, Patrick Damp, 39474K] reports Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued a state of emergency ahead of this weekend’s winter storm. Much like western Pennsylvania, Ohio is expected to get up to 12 inches of snow this weekend, according to the National Weather Service. Governor DeWine’s state of emergency proclamation directs state agencies, including the Ohio Emergency Management Agency, the Ohio Highway Patrol, and the Ohio Department of Transportation, to provide additional resources to local communities as needed.

Politico [1/24/2026 11:04 AM, Ben Johansen, 13586K] reports President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would impose a 100 percent tariff on all Canadian imports coming into the U.S. if Canada follows through on a trade deal with China. “If Governor Carney thinks he is going to make Canada a “Drop Off Port” for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken,” Trump wrote in a post on social media, mockingly calling Prime Minister Mark Carney “Governor,” a nod to the nickname he had for former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “China will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric, and general way of life. If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A.” In the midst of Trump wreaking havoc on longstanding allies like Canada through a hefty trade war, Carney has gone elsewhere, announcing last week a “new strategic partnership” between China and Canada. As a part of the deal, Canada will ease the tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles that it imposed in tandem with the U.S. in 2024. In exchange, China will lower retaliatory tariffs on key Canadian agricultural products.

Breitbart [1/25/2026 4:27 AM, Staff, 2416K] reports Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel defended his country’s military preparedness exercises on Saturday as a deterrent against potential aggression from the United States. US President Donald Trump this month warned that Cuba "is ready to fall" and told Havana to "make a deal" or pay a price similar to Venezuela, whose ousted leader Nicolas Maduro was taken to America by US forces in a January 3 bombing raid that killed dozens of people. Venezuela was a key ally of Cuba and a critical supplier of oil and money, which Trump has vowed to cut off. Diaz-Canel on Saturday supervised military exercises that included a tank unit from Cuba’s armed forces. He was accompanied by Cuban General Alvaro Lopez Miera, who is the minister of the armed forces, and other high-ranking military officials. "The best way to prevent aggression is for imperialism to have to calculate the price of attacking our country," Diaz-Canel said in remarks broadcast on Cuban television. "And that has a lot to do with our preparation for this type of military action… This takes on significant importance in the current circumstances," he added. Cuba’s National Defense Council, which is led by Diaz-Canel, recently met "with the objective of increasing and improving the level of preparedness and cohesion" among the country’s leadership, according to an official government statement. The council met to "analyze and approve the plans and measures for transitioning to a State of War," the statement added, without providing further details. These military exercises are part of the country’s preparation "under the strategic concept of the War of the Entire People," a term used by authorities for the mobilization of civilians in the event of armed conflict.

Reuters [1/24/2026 8:30 AM, Alexandra Valencia, 36480K] reports the United States filed charges against the alleged leader of the powerful Ecuadorean drug trafficking gang Los Lobos, paving the way for his direct extradition from Spain to the U.S., Ecuador’s interior minister said. Interior Minister John Reimberg said on X late on Friday that the U.S. Attorney’s Office had initiated proceedings against Wilmer Geovanny Chavarria Barre, known as "Pipo," following what he described as "strategic and firm" international coordination. Chavarria was arrested in the Spanish city of Malaga in November in a joint operation of Ecuadorean and Spanish police, authorities said at the time. President Daniel Noboa announced his capture on November 16, calling it a key success in his government’s efforts to combat powerful criminal gangs. Ecuadorean authorities have accused Chavarria of overseeing drug routes linked to Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel and of controlling illegal mining operations. Officials have also said Chavarria faked his death, assumed a new identity and hid in Europe while continuing to order killings in Ecuador. Reimberg has previously said Chavarria was responsible for at least 400 deaths and directed criminal operations even while imprisoned between 2011 and 2019.

New York Post [1/24/2026 6:08 PM, David Spector, 42219K] reports major airlines canceled flights across the Middle East as anxieties mount that the US is preparing to strike Iran. United Airlines and Air Canada suspended their flights to Israel, while Lufthansa and Swiss Airlines have also nixed travel to the Middle East, according to Israeli media. Dutch airline KLM has canceled all travel to Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia until further notice, according to Haaretz. Meanwhile, Air France temporarily suspended flights to Dubai but resumed them on Saturday, France 24 reported. The widespread suspensions come as tensions increasingly mount between the US and the Islamic Republic, with the Trump administration rapidly building up military assets in the region.

FOX News [1/24/2026 4:09 PM, Rachel Wolf, 40621K] Video: HERE reports the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned the U.S. Saturday that the paramilitary force is "more ready than ever, finger on the trigger" as American warships head toward the Middle East. The warning comes after weeks of pressure from President Donald Trump amid widespread anti-regime protests and a violent government crackdown in which the IRGC played a key role. "The Islamic Revolutionary Guard and dear Iran stand more ready than ever, finger on the trigger, to execute the orders and directives of the Commander-in-Chief," IRGC Gen. Mohammad Pakpour said, The Associated Press reported. It cited Nournews, a news outlet close to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. Pakpour also reportedly warned the U.S. and Israel "to avoid any miscalculation," according to the AP. This warning comes after another last week from an Iranian ambassador who said the U.S. and Israel were responsible for "political destabilization, internal unrest and chaos.” Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have expressed their support for the Iranian protesters. Netanyahu said his country was "closely monitoring" the situation. He also vowed that once Iran was "liberated from the yoke of tyranny," Israel would be prepared to be a partner in peace. On Tuesday, Iran warned Trump not to take action against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. "Trump knows that if any hand of aggression is extended toward our leader, we not only cut that hand, but also we will set fire to their world," Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi, a spokesman for Iran’s armed forces, said, according to the AP. On Thursday, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One he was moving warships toward Iran "just in case" he wants to take action. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

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NewsMax [1/24/2026 5:34 PM, Solange Reyner, 4109K] reports Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has gone into hiding out of fear U.S. forces will kill him in airstrikes, reports the Jerusalem Post. The report comes a day after President Donald Trump said an "armada" of U.S. ships is headed to the Middle East amid mass protests in Iran. "We have a lot of ships going that direction just in case," Trump said when he was asked by reporters on Air Force One where things stand with Iran. He said it was a "good sign" Iran had decided not to hang protesters, adding that "we have an armada heading that direction and maybe we won’t have to use it.” According to the Post, Masoud Khamenei, the ayatollah’s third son, has assumed oversight of the supreme leader’s daily operations and now serves as the main conduit for communication with the regime’s executive branches. The commander of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard Corps, which was key in putting down recent nationwide protests in a crackdown that left thousands dead, on Saturday warned that his force is "more ready than ever, finger on the trigger," as U.S. warships headed toward the Middle East.

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