Vice President JD Vance has absurdly complained that agents for ICE and other agencies don’t “feel safe” calling 911 as they raid the streets of American cities, apparently shooting and killing people at will. In a post on social media Wednesday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey reiterated the city’s position that the role of police is not to enforce immigration laws or “hunting down a working…
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Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry filed a formal note of protest on Tuesday after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent tried to enter the South American nation’s consulate in Minneapolis before being stopped by a staffer inside the building. In a statement released following the incident, the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry said an ICE agent “attempted to enter the consulate premises,”…
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On Friday, Jan. 23, around 50,000 people in Minneapolis, MN, engaged in a historic mass strike and day of protest to demand an end to ICE terror and President Donald Trump’s federal siege of Minnesota. Then, on Saturday, Jan. 24, an ICE agent shot and killed Alex Pretti, volunteer ICE observer and a registered union nurse who worked for the Veterans Health Administration. In this episode, we speak with Mary C. Turner, a registered nurse and a member of the Council of Presidents of National Nurses United, the largest nurse’s union in the US, which is forcefully calling for the abolition of ICE.Additional links/info:
National Nurses United: “Week of action in honor of Alex Pretti, RN and all others killed by ICE”
National Nurses United press release (1/24/26): “National Nurses United outraged by murder of VA registered nurse by immigration agents, demand abolition of ICE”
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United website, Facebook page, Twitter/X page, and Instagram
Devon Lum & Haley Willis, The New York Times, “Videos show moments in which agents killed a man in Minneapolis”
Thomas Birmingham & Ari Bloomekatz, In These Times, “A staggering number of Minnesotans took to the streets Friday to demand ICE leave. The next day, ICE responded by killing another resident”
Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / TRNN, “Trump plans massive military parade while cutting veteran jobs, benefits, & healthcare”
Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / TRNN, “Trump cuts leave VA hospital nurses and veteran patients in a crisis”
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Border Patrol commander-at-large Gregory Bovino, who has overseen the Trump administration’s violent immigration crackdown in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, known as “Operation Metro Surge,” is reportedly being demoted to his old position in California. Bovino’s departure comes as reports indicate that President Donald Trump is deeply upset with how Americans have reacted to the operation…
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This story was originally published on Truthout on Jan. 26, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license.
The largest nurses’ union in the U.S. has demanded the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after a federal agent shot and killed nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday, joining a rapidly growing chorus calling for Congress to do away with the rogue agency.
In a statement, National Nurses United (NNU) strongly condemned the killing of Pretti, saying the shooting demonstrates the “violence, terror, and lawlessness” and “dire public health threat” that federal immigration agencies pose to communities nationwide.
“The nation’s nurses, who make it their mission to care for and save human lives, are horrified and outraged that immigration agents have once again committed cold-blooded murder of a public observer who posed no threat to them,” NNU said. “ICE agents have been kidnapping hard working people — mothers, fathers, and children — and now murdered a registered nurse, one of the most trusted professions in the country.”
“Nurses demand the immediate abolition of ICE,” the group said. “Abolish ICE now.”
Pretti, 37, was an intensive care nurse at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital. He was shot and killed by a Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agent on Saturday as he was filming immigration agents conducting a raid on a Minneapolis street. Videos from bystanders showed multiple agents tackling him, taking his gun, and then shooting at him at least 10 times, killing him.
In their statement, NNU called on the Senate to block the funding package for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) slated to come to a vote this week. Senate Democrats have said that they are going to