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

[Strangeworld]

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/31/us/chicago-ice-misconduct-executive-order

Chicago mayor signs executive order calling on police to investigate federal immigration agents accused of misconduct​

“We are putting ICE on notice in our city. Chicago will not sit idly by while Trump floods federal agents into our communities and terrorizes our residents,” Johnson said in a statement, referring to President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration enforcement efforts around the country.

“We need to send a clear message: If the federal government will not hold these rogue actors accountable, then Chicago will do everything in our power to bring these agents to justice,” Johnson said shortly before signing the so-called “Ice On Notice” executive order.

“This executive order will make Chicago the first city in the country to set the groundwork to prosecute ICE and Border Patrol agents for criminal misconduct,” the mayor said.

The order directs the Chicago Police Department to document federal enforcement actions, preserve body-camera footage, attempt to identify the federal supervisory officer on scene of an incident, complete a report on the alleged misconduct and immediately summon emergency medical services, according to Johnson.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson attends a protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection in Chicago on January 25.
Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu/Getty Images



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[Friday Fan]

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/31/us/chicago-ice-misconduct-executive-order

Chicago mayor signs executive order calling on police to investigate federal immigration agents accused of misconduct​

“We are putting ICE on notice in our city. Chicago will not sit idly by while Trump floods federal agents into our communities and terrorizes our residents,” Johnson said in a statement, referring to President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration enforcement efforts around the country.

“We need to send a clear message: If the federal government will not hold these rogue actors accountable, then Chicago will do everything in our power to bring these agents to justice,” Johnson said shortly before signing the so-called “Ice On Notice” executive order.

“This executive order will make Chicago the first city in the country to set the groundwork to prosecute ICE and Border Patrol agents for criminal misconduct,” the mayor said.

The order directs the Chicago Police Department to document federal enforcement actions, preserve body-camera footage, attempt to identify the federal supervisory officer on scene of an incident, complete a report on the alleged misconduct and immediately summon emergency medical services, according to Johnson.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson attends a protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection in Chicago on January 25.
Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu/Getty Images



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The Chicago police should follow ICE/BP/Federal Agents around and film them....

I know...police department resources are limited, but would be interesting.

They should do that in Minneapolis, St Paul too.....

 

[CrimeDawg123]

New ICE memo gives deportation officers more leeway to conduct warrantless arrests

The memo suggests the rules are designed to give ICE greater flexibility to quickly arrest unauthorized immigrants who are not the original targets of an operation.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Strangeworld]

Pho, handwarmers, grief and loss: a week on the block where Alex Pretti was killed​

Pho, handwarmers, grief and loss: a week on the block where Alex Pretti was killed

Residents line up to support businesses that became refuges from teargas, and refresh the memorial daily

www.theguardian.com

A memorial for Alex Pretti, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 24 January. Photograph: Paola Chapdelaine/The Guardian

Nothing is quite as it used to be along Nicollet Avenue.

The spot where Alex Pretti was gunned down by federal agents has been cordoned off by orange stakes and caution tape, appearing like a giant gash along the block between 26th and 27th streets.


“It’s almost like a loss of innocence for a part of the neighborhood that was just pure joy before,” said Aldona Martinka, a healthcare worker who has lived in the area for more than a decade.

The Jamaican restaurant and the thrift store along this stretch of Minneapolis’s Whittier neighborhood have transformed into community gathering spaces, open to mourners who have come from near and far. All along the corridor, also known as “Eat Street” due to the preponderance of restaurants and bars featuring global cuisines, restaurants are offering free food and handwarmers.


Each night, there is a different sort of performance or dedication. On Monday, Brass Solidarity – a band founded in 2021 in response to the murder of George Floyd – played a blaring rendition of Stand by Me as a crowd sang along. On Tuesday, Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli, a Mexica-Nahua cultural group based in St Paul, performed several dances in solidarity and remembrance.

“I will never be able to walk by this corner again without thinking about this really horrible time for our neighborhood and our city,” she said.

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This is what future generations are going to be studying for US history, its quite overwhelming to think what is happening right now will be one of the most significant periods in the US as a country.

Something that really stands out is the external fears that used to dominate headlines i.e. Putin are now just a blip in focus as the dangers are inside the house

 

[Strangeworld]

Mamdani to sign bill barring ICE from operating out of Rikers or any NYC correctional facility

Mamani is expected to sign a law in the coming days banning ICE agents from operating on Rikers and other NYC correctional facilities.

nypost.com

Mamdani to sign bill barring ICE from operating out of Rikers or any NYC correctional facility​

James Messerschmidt for the NY Post

New York City is set to bar ICE from operating at any of its 19 correction facilities — including Rikers Island.

The Safer Sanctuary Act, which Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to sign into law in the coming days, significantly expands limits on city officials’ collaboration with federal agents during immigration crackdowns. Currently, sanctuary city status only focuses on cooperation with ICE.

The City Council voted 44 to 7 to override Adams’s veto Thursday, setting the Big Apple up for a showdown with the Trump Administration.

“What it does is respond to the current way that Trump is weaponizing ICE,” she said.

This comes the same week as Gov. Kathy Hochul proposing a state version of the bill Friday that aims to end existing agreements between local and federal law enforcement.

REUTERS

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[Sundog]

MSN

Judge declines to pause Minnesota immigration agent surge​

 

[iamshadow21]

More than 300 anti-ICE protests planned across US this weekend

‘ICE Out of Everywhere’ demonstrations, including vigils and marches, follow Friday’s national strike

www.theguardian.com

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

MSN

Judge declines to pause Minnesota immigration agent surge​

So we can expect lots more wrongful arrests and detentions and misconduct and incompetence. moo

 

[LAborn]

Today ICE tear gassed families and community members on a memorial bike ride/march for Alex Pretti in SW Portland, OR. A little girl can be seen needing help by medics.

**Bit of history regarding ICE and Portland....typically nothing major happens during the daylight hours between ICE and protesters, but as soon as night falls, ICE attacks, unprovoked. You saw all the frog and animal costumes? That's how we roll, so it makes their brutality look all the worse. Yesterday's incident is a new low, as it was clearly a family friendly event, during the day, and within moments of the groups arrival to the ICE facility, they shot off tear gas which affected not only the people gathering, but all the homes within blocks of this. ​

 

[nhmemorymaker]

That's a lot of fired national park workers. Wooowee, thank goodness doge fired so many federal employees last year to save taxpayer money to spend on this.

Egad.

jmopinion

TRUTH.
Eventually more and more people will get it. They will have to look into themselves to see that these RIGHTS are THEIR rights too.

And don't forget the money.
As of early 2026,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has become the highest-funded U.S. law enforcement agency, with its budget skyrocketing to approximately $85$ 85 billion following the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" enacted in July 2025. This massive funding surge, which includes billions for detention and deportation operations, makes its budget larger than that of other federal law enforcement agencies combined, according to WGBH News

 

[LAborn]

TRUTH.
Eventually more and more people will see where the priorities are in our Country.
Wars. Internationally, and nationally. woo woo moo moo.

Sadly isn't that what "Made America Great Rich" in the first place? We've got to find better things to do.

 

[Ruminations]

The Chicago police should follow ICE/BP/Federal Agents around and film them....

I know...police department resources are limited, but would be interesting.

They should do that in Minneapolis, St Paul too.....

Well, I agree because ICE's abuse and kill record is horrific.

Ordinarily, I would think a little distance to let fed officers do fed officer things would be more cordial, but unfortunately ICE and border patrol are repeat offenders of violent crimes, while not focusing on federal things.

I would give them space only to do a warranted (judicial warrant, not administrative) search with a reasonable amount of officers for the job. A search that was previously discussed with Chicago officials.

Otherwise, I hope local police treat them like any other criminal enterprise with a long, violent rap sheet.

MOO

 

[Ruminations]

TRUTH.
Eventually more and more people will see where the priorities are in our Country.
Wars. Internationally, and nationally. woo woo moo moo.

The are not wars. They are not declared, legal wars.

War crimes, I believe is what the money is being spent on.

MOO


Edit: The point stands, but forgive the tone if it is too know-it-all

 

[Ruminations]

Sadly isn't that what "Made America Great Rich" in the first place? We've got to find better things to do.

And, is America being made rich? No. Grifters are being made rich while my standard of living and freedoms diminish.

MOO

Edit: Forgive the knowitall tone, please. It was intended as a supporting statement.

 

[LAborn]

And, is America being made rich? No. Grifters are being made rich while my standard of living and freedoms diminish.

MOO

My point is our means of getting wealthy hasn't been honorable for decades (centuries? Our entire history?), no one should have gotten rich off attacking other countries, or enslaving people. Sure, now it's just a smaller group getting rich, and the American public is under foot. It's not surprising the boot and gun would be turned on the citizens eventually.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

The are not wars. They are not declared, legal wars.

War crimes, I believe is what the money is being spent on.

MOO

I edited out the last statement... for precisely what you state.

 

[LAborn]

TRUTH.
Eventually more and more people will get it. They will have to look into themselves to see that these RIGHTS are THEIR rights too.

And don't forget the money.
As of early 2026,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has become the highest-funded U.S. law enforcement agency, with its budget skyrocketing to approximately $85$ 85 billion following the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" enacted in July 2025. This massive funding surge, which includes billions for detention and deportation operations, makes its budget larger than that of other federal law enforcement agencies combined, according to WGBH News

THE MONEY. Like private prisons, private corps pockets are being lined by supplying ICE with equipment, detention centers, etc. etc. War and LE are big money for some. Not the American public, but for that tiny minority at the top. These are the Fortune 500 companies that have active contracts with ICE | Fortune

 

[Ruminations]

My point is our means of getting wealthy hasn't been honorable for decades, no one should have gotten rich off attacking other countries. Sure, now it's just a smaller group, and the American public is under foot. It's not surprising the boot and gun would be turned on the citizens eventually.

I agree. I made a tone mistake. I didn't mean to come off as disagreeing, just building on your point.

(Edited to add: I also didn't mean to "correct" nhmemorymaker, like with a red pen, lol)

I think by "Great" people meant proud and unapologetic. They never meant enriching others. Sometimes, they mistakenly believed that "others" were interfering with their earning power, such as with DEI. Thus, they tolerated ICE and hostile actions to "others."

But while they wanted economic security, they didn't want to make their leaders richer while they got poorer. They didn't want to be told don't carry a gun in their own neighborhood legally.

I wonder how long MAGA can last if nobody gets any kind of economic improvement. Like you said, making leaders richer is not what anybody needs.

MOO

 

[Summerliz03]

A bit of good news:

Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, and father board plane for Minneapolis after detention release

Exclusive ABC News videos show the father carrying his 5-year-old son while boarding the plane home to Minneapolis.

abc7.com