Overview
- Stewart, 84, shared a screenshot of a text from her 14-year-old granddaughter, Jude, reading, “I’m not sure it’s excusable to not be speaking up right now.”
- In her Instagram caption, Stewart said immigrants are being told they are unwelcome and warned that people “can be attacked and even killed by Federal troops,” calling for change “quickly and peacefully.”
- Her post followed the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti on Jan. 24 and Renée Nicole Good earlier in January during encounters with federal agents in Minneapolis, which have fueled ongoing protests.
- Celebrity advocacy has intensified, with Katy Perry urging followers to call senators by Jan. 31 to oppose additional ICE funding, while other public figures publicly backed Stewart’s stance.
- Official accounts of the shootings remain disputed, with federal self-defense claims challenged by local authorities and video evidence, and investigations continuing.