"On Friday, the US Department of Justice announced it would open a civil rights probe into the killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by border patrol agents on January 24. However, it has still not moved to investigate possible rights violations of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in her fatal shooting by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on January 7."
"Earlier this week, border security chief Tom Homan, officially dubbed the border czar by the White House, pledged that enforcement operations would continue in the state, but said increased cooperation with local officials could lead to a drawdown. On Friday, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed that the agency was conducting a civil rights investigation into Pretti's killing, saying we're looking at everything that would shed light on wh"
"Solidarity with every single person participating in today's general strike against ICE's terror campaign, Omar wrote on X. You're changing the world, she said."
Protesters launched a nationwide 'no work, no school, no shopping' strike in response to a surge in immigration enforcement that coincided with two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens in Minnesota. Activist groups organized the Friday strike after the killings of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by border patrol agents on January 24 and 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent on January 7. The Department of Justice opened a civil rights probe into Pretti's death but has not opened one into Good's. The deployment targeted alleged fraud in the Somali American community amid broader deportation drives and increased detention quotas.
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