MEDICAL EXAMINER RULES ALEX PRETTI DEATH A HOMICIDE -1 - dead after Minneapolis shooting involving immigration agents, US Jan 24, 2026

[J. J. in Phila]

Undocumented immigrants pay more than $200 million in Minnesota taxes each year, according to a July 2024 report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Nationwide, undocumented migrants pay close to $100 billion in taxes annually when including federal receipts.

MCLA Message on Undocumented Immigrants

A message from Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs Executive Director Rosa Tock on the myths surrounding undocumented immigrants.

mn.gov

They quoted the same source that I just noted: Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) - InfluenceWatch

 

[Inthedetails]

bbm


$45 billion will go to detention centers. Each person captured stays about 47 days before they are deported, costing $7,065 per person.

For perspective, the average rent in Minnesota is $1,600 a month....

The Twin Cities operation adds up to at least $360,000 a night in hotel bills. That's more than $10 million for a 30-night stay.

What is the cost of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Minnesota?

It's a question many people have been asking: What is the cost of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Minnesota? WCCO was able to get some numbers.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Inthedetails]

This is just one snippet, but the entire article is worth the read.


The 10th Amendment bars the Trump administration from using ICE to force state and local governments to give up their sanctuary policies

[T]he Justice Department claims the administration is not trying to coerce Minnesota state and local governments, but merely enforcing the law. But this claim is refuted by administration officials’ numerous statements to the contrary. And if the administration were truly focused on law enforcement, its agents would not be constantly breaking the law themselves. Moreover, there is no other plausible justification for such a massive federal deployment in a state where the percentage of illegal migrants is only about half the national average.

https://www.cato.org/commentary/minnesotas-compelling-10th-amendment-case-against-trumps-ice-surge

 

[J. J. in Phila]

This is just one snippet, but the entire article is worth the read.


The 10th Amendment bars the Trump administration from using ICE to force state and local governments to give up their sanctuary policies

[T]he Justice Department claims the administration is not trying to coerce Minnesota state and local governments, but merely enforcing the law. But this claim is refuted by administration officials’ numerous statements to the contrary. And if the administration were truly focused on law enforcement, its agents would not be constantly breaking the law themselves. Moreover, there is no other plausible justification for such a massive federal deployment in a state where the percentage of illegal migrants is only about half the national average.

https://www.cato.org/commentary/minnesotas-compelling-10th-amendment-case-against-trumps-ice-surge

I would not listen to CATO on this. States cannot do foreign policy: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/21-954_7l48.pdf

 

[Inthedetails]

Regarding the Federal judge in Minnesota (Republican-appointed, fwiw) and the issue of the administration ignoring court orders, bbm:

What he is calling out, in his particular case, is that the court is ordering someone to be released from ICE detention, and the government’s not releasing them. It’s that significant—fundamental liberty is at stake. And then he is referring to seventy-three other cases that all include possible habeas-corpus violations, i.e., very similar patterns of either the court ordering the government to release somebody and them not being released, or the court ordering the government to present the person to the court physically, and them not being allowed to leave detention, or the court ordering someone not to be taken out of its jurisdiction. That’s the very definition of habeas corpus—to bring the body to the court. And they haven’t been doing that. There’s another very pernicious pattern that arises in these cases, which is that the court orders the government not to transfer the individual out of their jurisdiction, and the government goes ahead and transfers them out of their jurisdiction anyway, often to Texas, where there’s a more favorable judicial climate, which can effectively deny the person their real rights before the court in Minnesota....

What’s happening in the courtroom is part of a broader slide towards lawlessness, because defiance of court orders is connected to another ICE policy: the agency repeatedly states that its entire system of arrest is based on reasonable suspicion. And that is legally invalid because arrests have to be based on probable cause.....

It is also important to note that D.H.S. has authorized ICE agents to enter homes without a judicial warrant. To me, these two policies are putting ICE operations on the road to a very different form of legal system than the one we’re used to. They’re breaking rules. ....

It’s even become very hard for us, as a research team, to catalogue all the times the Administration has defied court orders, because it is now happening at such a high number across the country.


more at: Is ICE Leading Us Into a Constitutional Crisis?

 

[Inthedetails]

If ICE were going after only the worst-of-the-worst criminals as initially promised, there would be NO PROTESTS and Alex Pretti would be alive.

My opinion

Edited to add, bbm
[C]hanges in arrest practices have led to a 2,450% increase in the number of people with no criminal record being held in ICE detention on any given day.

New Report Details ICE’s Expanding and Increasingly Unaccountable Detention System - American Immigration Council

In just one year, the number of people ICE is detaining has shot up by over 75%, with a record 73,000 people detained as of mid-January.

www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org

 

[zleuther]

Some of us are discussing the Alex Pretti murder, not quite sure if that's allowed in this thread but I'll give it a shot...

It's very significant that [ProPublica] spoke to [Angelica Ochoa] cuz any reporter would indeed ask "You've seen the videos so you would recognize if that's him. Is it?"

Specifically the Kayla Schultz video.

This has video thru her windshield near point blank, and I clearly see a masked goon whose fashion sense is patterned after the Village People Construction Worker. Add the sunglasses and you basically have the dime store novelty toy fake nose fake mustache look.

Point being, if Angelica Ochoa doesn't know who that is, then we can rest assured ProPublica got the names wrong.

Otherwise, we can proceed to identify Gutierrez too. He's the one always with pepper spray, and a penchant for assaulting women like when he starts this whole thing.

I predict we'll hear it's Gutierrez with an Axon 4. I predict we'll never see that video his cam recorded, but he'll go to prison anyway. I don't see an Axon 4 on Ochoa. When he goes to prison, prolly be a little ticked off at Gutierrez.

IMO