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By Mandy Taheri
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Dozens of Democratic lawmakers from across the country have called out federal immigration officials over the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis on Saturday morning.
Why It Matters
A widely circulated video shows several federal agents wrestling a man to the ground before he is shot multiple times. Local officials have confirmed he was killed. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the individual approached the agents with a firearm, leading agents to shoot in defense.
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The incident comes as tensions escalated earlier this month in the city after two separate shootings involving ICE agents—one that killed Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old American citizen, and another that left Venezuelan migrant Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis injured during an attempted detention.
Democrats have repeated calls for ICE to leave the state and their communities nationwide. DHS announced Operation Metro Surge in the Minneapolis-area in December and have since brought thousands of federal immigration enforcement officers.
The shooting comes just days after seven Democrats voted in favor of a $64.4 billion bill to advance a DHS spending measure that includes about $10 billion for ICE.
What To Know
As video circulated online Saturday showing a person pinned by several federal agents before being shot multiple times, Democrats began weighing in, many of whom called for ICE to leave the city as well as renewing calls for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to be impeached.
In a statement to Newsweek about the fatal shooting, DHS said it occurred during a “targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault.”
DHS said at approximately 9:05 AM CT, "an individual 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,” prompting an agent to fire "defensive shots." Medics on scene provided immediate aid, but the individual was pronounced dead at the scene, the agency said.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said during a press conference on Saturday that the police is unaware of what happened prior to the video recording, and noted that the individual had a "lawful gun owner with a permit to carry."
President Donald Trump has been briefed on a federal law enforcement shooting in Minneapolis, White House officials told Newsweek.
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What People Are Saying
Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair Ken Martin said in an X post: "This morning, ICE shot and killed yet another person in my home state of Minnesota. The violence committed by Donald Trump’s armed, untrained federal agents must end. Get ICE out of Minnesota NOW."
Senator John Hickenlooper, a Colorado Democrat, said in an X post: "Federal officers just shot another person in Minneapolis. This is horrific. We are still learning more about what happened, but one thing is clear, the President needs to get ICE and Border Patrol units out of our communities. NOW."
Senator Ruben Gallego, an Arizona Democrat, said in an X post: "Another person shot in cold blood by an ICE agent. They fire at his body after he’s already lying motionless. It’s despicable and completely avoidable. This lawless goon squad needs to get out of our communities and face accountability."
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said in an X post: "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." In a second post he added, "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."
Senator Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, said in an X post: "1. ICE must leave Minneapolis. 2. Congress should not fund this version of ICE - that is seeking confirmation, chaos and dystopia."
Representative Jasmine Crockett, a Texas Democrat, said in an X post: "ICE just killed another person in Minneapolis. This is absolutely sickening. Donald Trump needs to get his unqualified, untrained, violent agents the hell out of Minnesota IMMEDIATELY."
Representative Yassamin Ansari, an Arizona Democrat, said in an X post: "In real time as I was at this protest, ICE just murdered another person in Minnesota. Abolish ICE and prosecute everyone responsible for their crimes from the top down. Impeach Kristi Noem. We have to end this dystopian nightmare."
Representative Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democrat, wrote in an X post: "@icegov YOU ARE COWARDS. You are all absolute, pathetic, untrained, unprofessional COWARDS. Todd Lyons and the rest of you not only need to be defunded, you need to be PROSECUTED."
**New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in an X post: "**As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today. ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE."
What Happens Next
An investigation into the incident and the man's death are ongoing. The DHS is expected to hold a press conference on the matter later today.
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