Overview
- In a Jan. 27 video on X, Ben Cohen urged dissolving ICE and returning immigration enforcement to the pre‑2001 Immigration and Naturalization Service within the Justice Department.
- Cohen said he abandoned a planned memorial ice cream for Renee Nicole Good after the later killing of Alex Pretti.
- Good, 37, was shot on Jan. 7 by ICE agent Jonathan Ross; Pretti, 37, was fatally shot on Jan. 24 by Border Patrol agents while recording, with video and witness accounts describing a scuffle and an agent pulling Pretti’s firearm before shots were fired.
- The White House has reassessed the deployment of ICE and Border Patrol personnel in Minneapolis, according to recent reporting.
- Political fallout includes nationwide protests, mixed reaction to Cohen’s post, congressional fights over DHS funding, and reported impeachment efforts targeting DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.