Overview
- Homeland Security said an ICE officer fired a defensive shot that struck a Venezuelan man in the leg during an arrest struggle, prompting hours of clashes where fireworks were launched at agents.
- Hundreds of additional ICE personnel have been sent to Minnesota this week, adding to roughly 2,000 already deployed in the state.
- Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis leaders condemned federal tactics and demanded a withdrawal, with Walz citing door-to-door interrogations by armed, masked, undertrained agents.
- Attorneys for Renee Nicole Good’s family launched a civil inquiry, while Democrats questioned the FBI investigation’s impartiality after officials framed the earlier killing as self-defense.
- Trump has issued similar threats in recent months but has not acted on them, and Minneapolis and Minnesota have filed lawsuits challenging the federal operations, with Illinois pursuing a parallel case.