Overview
- In a Wednesday night encounter, DHS said an agent fired a defensive shot that wounded a Venezuelan man in the leg after a pursuit and struggle, and the injury was described by the city as not life-threatening.
- Minneapolis reported two additional arrests and said the agent was injured and hospitalized after the confrontation.
- The city urged residents to remain calm and again demanded that ICE withdraw from Minneapolis and Minnesota.
- DHS defended its agents, faulted Minnesota’s Democratic leadership for hostile rhetoric, and noted the wounded man entered the U.S. in 2022 under President Joe Biden.
- The new incident follows last week’s killing of Renee Nicole Good, which spurred protests, state lawsuits from Minnesota and Illinois against the Trump administration, and a separate online leak claiming to publish identities of about 4,500 ICE agents.