#federal-immigration-enforcement

#federal-immigration-enforcement

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We begin today's show looking at growing resistance to the Trump administration's mass immigration raids and federal agents' escalating violence nationwide. Protests are continuing over ICE agent Jonathan Ross's fatal shooting of 37-year-old mother of three, poet Renee Good in Minneapolis last week. On Monday, dozens of federal agents wearing tactical gear and masks fired pepper balls and tear gas at a crowd of protesters in Minneapolis who shouted "Shame! Shame! Shame!" and "Get the f- out!" at the agents.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent opened fire on a car in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday, killing the unarmed driver, 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. Federal officials are alleging that the shooting, which was captured in multiple videos, was in self-defense, while local officials are disputing that and calling for ICE to leave the city.

"This political violence is not a series of isolated incidents and does not emerge organically," Trump wrote in a new executive order. "A new law enforcement strategy that investigates all participants in these criminal and terroristic conspiracies - including the organized structures, networks, entities, organizations, funding sources, and predicate actions behind them - is required."

The mayor directed all city departments to guard the constitutional rights of Chicago residents "amidst the possibility of imminent militarized immigration or National Guard deployment by the federal government." When asked during a news conference about federal agents who are presumably "taking orders," Johnson replied: "Yeah, and I don't take orders from the federal government." Johnson also blocked Chicago police from wearing face coverings to hide their identities,