Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has called on President Donald Trump to remove "untrained" immigration enforcement agents from the state, the Democratic governor said Sunday, in the wake of the shooting death of Alex Pretty by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
This is the second fatal shooting in Minneapolis during an ICE anti-immigration operation.
The name of the person who was killed last Saturday is Alex Pretty. He is 37 years old. He was a nurse by profession. The demand for an independent investigation into Pretty's death is growing stronger. Meanwhile, Walz threw questions directly at Trump at a press conference on Sunday.
"What are you planning, Donald Trump? What is the plan? What do we have to do to get these federal agents out of our state?" Walz said.
Walz added, "We believe in law and order in this state. We believe in peace. We think Donald Trump should get these 3,000 untrained agents out of Minnesota so they can't kill anyone else."
Walz's comments come as senior Trump administration officials have defended ICE agents in the killing of Pretty, even though their claims are not supported by the video evidence.
Trump administration officials have claimed that Pretty was trying to harm ICE agents and that a handgun was found on him. The Trump administration made similar arguments after Goode's death. However, the video says otherwise.
Several videos of Pretty being shot have been widely shared on social media. US media outlets have verified the authenticity of the videos. The video shows Pretty never pulling out a weapon. Instead, she was sprayed with chemical spray, thrown to the ground, and shot about 10 times in a matter of seconds.
Protests against the presence of ICE agents in Minneapolis have already intensified since the video of the incident went viral. Nearly 1,000 people demonstrated on Sunday.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, a city almost entirely controlled by the Democratic Party, has seen thousands of ICE agents deployed to the city for weeks, following an anti-immigration crackdown that began after conservative media outlets in the United States reported on financial fraud involving Somali immigrants.
Trump has repeatedly brought up such racially charged allegations. On Sunday, he wrote on his social media outlet, Truth Social, that "Minnesota is covering up a massive financial fraud."
A large portion of the Somali population in the United States lives in Minneapolis.
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