Brooklyn Park, Minn. — “Operation Metro Surge” has transformed daily life in the bustling, diverse suburb north of Minneapolis, with businesses shuttering and residents now in hiding, local officials say. Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley and Mayor Hollies Winston argue the temporary surge of federal immigration officers has created …
“Who can you kill?” and “when can you kill them?” Those are questions Republican Sen. Rand Paul asked last week after the deaths, in Minneapolis, of Renee Good and Alex Pretti — shot by officers of the Department of Homeland Security. Sen. Paul is chair of the Homeland Security Committee …
Jose Huerta Chuma is a man in hiding — and he’s also a man in distress. He’s been replaying the fatal shooting of Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti over and over again in his mind, wondering if he could have done something differently and if there’s something that “would have saved …
A former federal law enforcement trainer says the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers raises serious concerns about their tactical decision-making and use of force. Marc Brown, who spent five years training officers at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, said video of the confrontation …
The fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents on Saturday has further escalated tensions in Minneapolis, a city now at the center of America’s heated battle over immigration enforcement. Pretti’s killing occurred less than three weeks after Renee Good, another Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen, was shot and …
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz spoke to the press Sunday afternoon, one day after 37-year-old Alex Pretti was killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis — the third shooting this month amid Operation Metro Surge, and the second fatality carried out by federal immigration enforcement forces. “What’s the plan, Donald Trump? …
15m ago Noem says man who was fatally shot “approached” officers with a semiautomatic handgun In a news briefing Saturday from Washington, D.C., Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the man who was killed, identified as Alex Pretti, approached U.S. Border Patrol officers while they were conducting “targeted” immigration …
St. Paul, Minnesota — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison accused the Trump administration of turning immigration enforcement into “politics and retribution,” describing what he called a “surge” of federal agents in the Twin Cities as a constitutional crisis, and said he has seen “no evidence” of a federal investigation into …
A Minnesota federal magistrate judge refused to sign a complaint charging independent journalist Don Lemon in connection with a protest inside a church in St. Paul on Sunday, multiple sources familiar with the proceedings told CBS News. “The attorney general is enraged at the magistrate’s decision,” said a source familiar …
Members of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stand guard after a driver of a vehicle was shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026. Tim Evans | Reuters U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents fatally shot a woman in her car on Wednesday on a residential street in Minneapolis, …