Trump to review immigration crackdown after civilian deaths

United States President, Donald Trump, has announced plans to review the federal immigration crackdown following the killings of two civilians in Minneapolis in less than a month.

In the latest incident, 37-year-old Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurse, Alex Pretti, was gunned down by federal immigration agents during a scuffle.

The Trump administration is accusing Pretti of attempting to incite violence during the encounter.

Pretti’s death marks the second fatal shooting of a US citizen by immigration officers in Minneapolis. Earlier this month, 37-year-old Renée Good was shot and killed while sitting in her car.

The killings have sparked fresh protests in the city, with scores of Americans calling for the government to halt what they describe as a deadly immigration operation.

Minnesota Governor, Tim Walz, has appealed to the public, saying that even those who once supported federal immigration enforcement should reconsider their stance.

“I’ve got a question for all of you. What side do you want to be on?  The side of an all-powerful federal government that can kill, injure, menace, and kidnap its citizens off the streets?  Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such government? We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank,” Walz said.

“Somebody’s going to write that children’s story about Minnesota. There’s one person who can end this now.”

Former US presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have condemned the killings.

Alex Pretti was a Minneapolis ICU nurse who spent his days caring for and saving others. Today, he was shot and killed by a Border Patrol Agent. Alex’s life was extinguished by state violence. We must tell the truth about what is happening.

My father warned us, “When evil men… pic.twitter.com/zFo0OZyi0a

— Be A King (@BerniceKing) January 25, 2026

What’s happening to white people in Minneapolis is what’s been happening. To Black people in America for decades.

Unarmed, armed, resisting, not resisting, running, not running.

ALL OF IT IS POLICE BRUTALITY.

— Isaac Hayes III (@IsaacHayes3) January 24, 2026

Dear Minneapolis,

Words cannot adequately express how in awe I am of you right now.

Your city has been under siege by ICE, deliberately ramping up their aggressions against your friends, family, and neighbors, and yet you persevere.

You’ve kept it peaceful, yet still powerful.… pic.twitter.com/o7I9lqEg1M

— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) January 25, 2026

One of my former research assistants was killed by ICE in Minneapolis today😢

Alex was the kindest, sweetest human and a ICU nurse with a bright future ahead of him
May his soul rest in peace and this senseless carnage stop💔 pic.twitter.com/h0ljkqxqQp

— Aasma Shaukat MD MPH (@AasmaShaukatMD) January 24, 2026

The murder of VA intensive care nurse Alexander Pretti is the third shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis this month. NO MORE.

All federal agents — ICE and Border Patrol — must be withdrawn immediately from Minneapolis and other cities. NOW.

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) January 25, 2026

BREAKING: New Orleans just joined Minneapolis with a MASSIVE protest against ICE over the killing of Alex Pretti.

This is spreading city by city because people saw the footage and the lies collapsed in real time.

They want America scared. America is getting loud. pic.twitter.com/cMvncm2dRX

— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) January 26, 2026