MN - Alex Pretti dead after Minneapolis shooting involving immigration agents, US media report, January 24, 2026

[waldojabba]

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Homan didn’t answer a reporter’s question about the specific number of federal immigration agents that are currently in Minneapolis.

“There’s been some rotations,” he said.

This comes after reports that, after Gregory Bovino left the state, a number of border patrol officers were directed to also leave.

Trump’s border chief vows ‘improvements’ for ICE operations but doesn’t mention fatal shootings of US citizens – live

Border czar Tom Homan in Minneapolis says ‘no agency is perfect’ and acknowledges improvements that need to be made to federal immigration enforcement

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“The hostile rhetoric and dangerous threats must stop,” Homan said. “I said in March that if the rhetoric didn’t stop, there would be bloodshed. I wish I wasn’t right. … “If you want certain laws reformed, take it up with Congress.”

Um hello Tom ..
Rhetoric is not killing people - your people are...
and I know we are endavoring to change a few things but in the meantime.... we just need your people to follow those laws.

It seems pretty clear to me that nobody in Minnesota is on the same page as Tom .
This is the guy you send ?
FIngers Crossed that Minnesotans can get some relief from the upside down world
JMO

 

[Jade]

IMO Would Mr. Pretti have had continued employment with his current employer if this video was brought to their attention? Employers are permitted to take action on off duty conduct when it calls into question someone’s fitness for duty, particularly in roles involving vulnerable patients. Kicking , spitting at a LE vehicle and engaging in a physical confrontation with agents demonstrates a serious lapse in judgement and impulse control. We would see this again, amped up, a week later. IMO

Video shows Alex Pretti in scuffle with federal agents 11 days before his death

A newly released video shows Alex Pretti confronting federal officers on a Minneapolis street 11 days before he was fatally shot in another encounter with CBP agents, a Pretti family representative confirmed to CBS News.

www.cbsnews.com

Mr. Pretti by all comments of those who know him was an educated thoughtful, deliberate, accomplished professional who was fully sane and knowledgeable of what he was dedicated to changing. Including any drawbacks or knock backs from others.

I’m not incredulous in the least that a principled man would have such convictions of their beliefs that they would risk a mere job for the health and security of the ICE targeted humanity.

Mr. Pretti was skilled and appreciated while serving the Veterans, with great kindness they say, and would have no problem finding comparative work if it were needed.

It seems Mr. Pretti was a Federal Employee serving our countries Veterans:

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I don’t know how the VA hospitals are up there but where I live in the South conditions are not as worthy as they should be for them. So it wouldn’t be much for him to leave that service and find his choice of position that would be better paying.

It adds for me an extra level of tragedy that the Veterans who knew him are so heartbroken by the Federal agent’s actions against one of theirs.

What they fought for, our freedoms, crashing down in such an ugly manner.

It should not be surprising, albeit depressing, there’s a need for a citizen and tax payer to be willing to stand up in the United States for their humanitarian beliefs.





all imo

 

[waldojabba]

Is he suggesting that up to 12,000 people per day were crossing into Minnesota from Canada? And they need all those agents in Minnesota to secure the border.

imo

Ludicrous right?

He was just dodging the question
If this is who you send for damage control
You've missed the boat or just don't give two ---

This guy is just going to dig the hole deeper
And it may just be that is their strategy

Dig in kids

JMO

 

[Rolypolyoly]

He is going to fix the problem with the public’s help.

He is thanking Trump. Fewer women are getting raped…

Nope, dont say it Roly

 

[tlcya]

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) relished in the fact that President Donald Trump deemed him a “loser” for calling for the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
[snip]
On Wednesday, CNN’s Manu Raju informed Tillis at the Capitol.

“The president called you a loser, I believe,” Raju told the senator, who had just accused Noem and Miller of “incompetence.”

“I am thrilled about that,” he replied. “That makes me qualified to be Homeland Security secretary and senior adviser to the president.”
Republican Senator ‘Thrilled’ Trump Called Him a ‘Loser’: ‘Makes Me Qualified To Be Homeland Security Secretary’

 

[tlcya]

I think a person who felt fear in that situation had no business in a LE job.

The shooters had a job where it is important to be able to control their emotions.

If I were in the operating room while someone was having an appendix removed, I might get squeamish and pass out. That's why I'm not a surgeon.

Those shooters had no business carrying badges and guns if seeing a man with a phone and a whistle helping a bullied woman up caused them to fear for their lives. How sincerely they felt afraid is not the issue. (Trust me, my squeamishness would also be very sincere!) The issue is pros don't let stuff like that scare them.

Look at the videos from any angle. No pro should have been scared.

MOO

exactly, their fear needed to be reasonable. It is not reasonable IMO for agents to first create the conflict by physically shoving citizens and pepper spraying them, tackling them to the ground, restraining them, and then claim that same citizen was the aggressor and a danger to them because of a weapon that was never drawn or raised.

 

[Moll]

Pretti’s family confirmed it is him: https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/us/video/pretti-physical-clash-11-days-before-shooting-digvid

It’s neither here nor there to me - we know Alex didn’t do this the day he died, not that it would justify his death in any way.

But IMO there’s a chance that they targeted him the day he died and ended up killing him. Just like they knew who Miramar Martinez was and had her in their database before they shot her and bragged about the number of holes in her body.

It is in the BBC's coverage today, Ros Atkins at 12.40. But they are not giving it undue prominence, since, as you say, it does not justify or explain what happened to Alex Pretti.

Live: Tom Homan says Minnesota operation will be 'safer, by the book'

Tom Homan has been deployed after two people were shot dead by federal agents in the city in less than a month.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[JennieM]

ICE 'ends enhanced activities' in Maine, senator confirms​

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has "ended its enhanced activities in the state of Maine", according to US Senator Susan Collins.

A few days ago, the Republican senator wrote to US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asking her to pause ICE operations in Maine and Minnesota after the death of protester Alex Pretti.

Now, writing on social media, she says an end to activities in Maine has been confirmed by Noem.

"There are currently no ongoing or planned large-scale ICE operations here," Collins says.

"I appreciate the Secretary's willingness to listen to and consider my recommendations and her personal attention to the situation in Maine."

Live: Tom Homan says Minnesota operation will be 'safer, by the book'

Tom Homan has been deployed after two people were shot dead by federal agents in the city in less than a month.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[JennieM]

Congressman says detained five-year-old 'did not look well'​

In addition to the shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, ICE has been facing criticism for detaining five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias.

The pair were detained in Minnesota last week, and are currently being held in a Texan detention centre.

Writing on X, Congressman Joaquin Castro says that "Liam did not look well" when he visited him yesterday.

Castro says that he has put in a request to visit the five-year-old again, adding that "my staff and I are very concerned about him".

The congressman was one of several lawmakers that visited the facility on Wednesday, speaking out against the father and son's detention, and urging the Trump administration to release them.

The Department of Homeland Security has said the pair entered the US illegally, while a lawyer for the family said they followed proper protocols to seek asylum.

Live: Tom Homan says Minnesota operation will be 'safer, by the book'

Tom Homan has been deployed after two people were shot dead by federal agents in the city in less than a month.

www.bbc.co.uk

3:18 PM / January 28, 2026

Texas Rep. Castro visits Liam Ramos and father at detention center​

Texas democratic Representative Joaquin Castro, posted on social media that he visited Liam Ramos and his father at the Dilley detention center.

Representative Joaquin Castro

Liam and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Ramos, were taken into custody in Minnesota by ICE agents earlier this month. A photo of Liam being detained sparked outrage across the nation.

CBS News exclusively reported the government could not immediately deport Liam and his father, because they have pending immigration court cases that have not been fully adjudicated. On Tuesday, a federal judge temporarily barred federal immigration officials from deporting Liam and his father.

By Chloe Rosen

Border czar Homan speaks in Minnesota: "I'm staying till the problem's gone"

Border czar Tom Homan gave his first news conference Thursday morning since arriving in Minnesota at the request of President Trump.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Marantz4250b]

This supports the information I read from experienced Law Enforcement Officers and Weapons trainers who all say that this group is untrained, undisciplined, and unfit to be carrying lethal weapons.

Devin Stone made that very point in the video he put out the other day. There is ZERO reason that ICE needs to be armed. Just because they work under Federal authority doesn't mean that they need firearms. He equated it with the government arming every postman in the country - pointless and dangerous.

Even the FBI wasn't allowed to be armed in their early days.

 

[tlcya]

Pretti’s family confirmed it is him: https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/us/video/pretti-physical-clash-11-days-before-shooting-digvid

It’s neither here nor there to me - we know Alex didn’t do this the day he died, not that it would justify his death in any way.

But IMO there’s a chance that they targeted him the day he died and ended up killing him. Just like they knew who Miramar Martinez was and had her in their database before they shot her and bragged about the number of holes in her body.

BBM, this is what concerns me. IMO Agents either shot a man who was no threat in a situation they for unknown reasons escalated due to poor training or knowledge of a lack of accountability OR they recognized him from the prior incident because he was in a database of "agitators" and he was executed purposefully.

Both possibilities are equally terrifying IMO for different reasons.