"In Donald Trump's United States, where federal agents wear masks, drive unmarked cars, and sometimes operate in plain clothes, it's difficult to distinguish between the federal agencies that, amid chaos and terror, implement the White House's immigration policy. It's even more complicated to know what rules they are supposedly bound by and to identify when they have overstepped the limits of their authority. This latter issue is at the heart of national (and even international) debate after officers from two immigration agencies fatally shot two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis."
"Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents last Saturday while assisting a woman at a protest in Minneapolis. A group of six officers beat him to subdue and disarm him before killing him. Seventeen days earlier, a few blocks further south, Renee Good, a poet and mother of the same age as Pretti, was shot three times, including a fatal shot to the head, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent."
Federal immigration agents often wear masks, drive unmarked cars, and operate in plain clothes, blurring agency identities and accountability. That opacity makes it difficult to distinguish agencies, know the rules that bind them, and identify overreach. Two fatal Minneapolis shootings illustrate those concerns. Alex Pretti, 37, was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents while assisting a woman at a protest after officers beat him to subdue and disarm him. Seventeen days earlier, Renee Good, a poet and mother, was shot three times, including a fatal head wound, by an ICE agent. ICE and Border Patrol operate under the Department of Homeland Security; their distinct powers have increasingly overlapped, and other federal agencies have joined enforcement.
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