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Mourners gather at a makeshift memorial in the area where Alex Pretti was shot dead a day earlier by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on January 25, 2026. | Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images
Since early January, a massive surge of federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis has provoked national outrage.
There have been two fatal shootings by federal immigration agents since the year began. On January 24, Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old US citizen, registered nurse, and legal gun owner, was shot and killed by immigration agents after being pepper-sprayed, beaten, and forced onto his knees. Video evidence indicates he no........