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What recent incident involving immigration enforcement occurred in Minneapolis?
Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dua Halisa-Cautel. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is defending the conduct of an immigration agent who shot and killed a man protesting federal immigration enforcement efforts in Minneapolis. Noem said the officers acted in accordance with their training, as NPR's Ximena Bustilla reports.
Nome said that the immigration agent fired defensive shots that killed 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Preti, asserting that he was armed with a handgun. She accused Preti of, quote, brandishing the weapon and attacking officers, but declined to answer questions regarding at what point law enforcement retrieved the weapon.
Immediately after the shooting, a top White House official called Preti a domestic terrorist. This is the third immigration officer involved shooting in Minneapolis this month. Two people have been killed. The agency has surged 2,000 officers into the city to conduct immigration enforcement.
Over the weekend, thousands in Minneapolis took to the streets to protest the conduct of immigration officers. Ximena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington.
Ahead of the March primary in Texas, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and State Representative James Tallarico faced off in their first public debate Saturday. The Texas newsroom's Blaise Ganey reports on how this could factor in to who will be the Democratic Party nominee in the U.S. Senate race.
Being a border state, one of the constant themes in the questions was around immigration laws. This debate took place just hours after a man was killed by immigration law enforcement officers in Minneapolis. When asked what they would do about ICE's funding and whether it should be abolished, this is how Tallarico answered.
ICE executed a man in broad daylight on our streets. It's time to tear down. this secret police force, and replace it with an agency that actually is going to focus on public safety.
Crockett voted against the House bill that provides more funding to ICE this week. She says the agency needs to be cleaned up from top to bottom. For NPR News, I'm Blaise Gainey in Austin.
The powerful winter storm making its way across two-thirds of the U.S. is expected to hit the Northeast Sunday. Steve Kastenbaum reports New York could receive its heaviest snowfall in years.
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