"Post and his teammates had watched tens of thousands of protesters march down the street in sub-zero temperatures in front of their downtown Minneapolis team hotel shortly after Golden State arrived on Friday afternoon. He was stuck in the hotel on Saturday when news broke that the game was postponed after federal immigration agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, and played in Sunday's contest that was coated in a thick pall."
"Like many Americans, he had read about 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos being detained by immigration personnel while at school. It's not like we're rooting out violent criminals, Kerr said. They're taking 5-year-old kindergartners and US citizens and detaining people. Immigration is a problem that needs to be addressed, but it needs to be addressed by Congress, legislatively, not by a military force in the streets pulling people from the"
"MINNEAPOLIS Sitting in front of a microphone deep inside Target Center on Monday night, Quinten Post chose his words carefully after the Warriors' 108-83 loss. Post was not offering up his thoughts on scoring against Rudy Gobert or the team's 19 turnovers. No, for the past four days, he and the team had taken up residence in Minneapolis, the epicenter of America's war on immigration."
Quinten Post, a Dutch citizen, refrained from offering legal analysis but called recent events in Minneapolis unacceptable and likened them to a witch hunt. The Warriors encountered tens of thousands of protesters and a heavy federal immigration presence after arriving in the city, with the team briefly stuck in their downtown hotel. A game was postponed when federal immigration agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, creating a pall over subsequent play. Coach Steve Kerr criticized the prolonged occupation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, condemned the detention of young children and U.S. citizens, and urged Congress to resolve immigration through legislation rather than militarized street actions.
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