Kristi Noem

The ICE officer, fearing for his life and the other officers around him and the safety of the public, fired defensive shots.

He used his training to save his own life and that of his colleagues.

Thank you.

It was an act of domestic terrorism.

What happened was our ICE officers were out in enforcement action.

They got stuck in the snow because of the adverse weather that is in Minneapolis.

They were attempting to push out their vehicle and a woman attacked them and those surrounding them and attempted to run them over and ram them with her vehicle.

An officer of ours acted quickly and defensively shot to protect himself and the people around him.

And my understanding is that she was hit and is deceased.

We're continuing to gather more information, but this goes to show the assaults that our ICE officers and our law enforcement are under every single day.

These vehicle rammings are domestic acts of terrorism.

We're working with the Department of Justice to prosecute them as such.

We will continue to protect our ICE officers.

illegally.

President Trump and his law enforcement officers that are entrusted to protect the American people will every day continue to keep America safe.

Operation Salvo is just the beginning of a broader and a much more sustained effort to go after not only transnational criminal organizations and networks, but also illegal criminal aliens throughout the country.

Our officer followed his training, did exactly what he's been taught to do in that situation, and took actions to defend himself and defend his fellow law enforcement officers.

This goes to show the assaults that our ICE officers and our law enforcement are under every single day.

These vehicle rammings are domestic acts of terrorism.

This goes to show the assaults that our ICE officers and our law enforcement are under every single day.