Deep Dive Immigration DHS keeps making false claims about people. It's part of a broader pattern January 31, 202612:16 AM ET By Jude Joffe-Block , Huo Jingnan , Audrey Nguyen A photograph of the pistol recovered by immigration agents after a shooting in Minneapolis is shown on a screen behind U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem as she speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24. Federal immigration agents shot and killed Alex Pretti that day during operations in Minneapolis. Al DragoGetty Images hide caption toggle caption Al DragoGetty Images On a Saturday in early October, Marimar Martinez, a 30-year-old teacher and American citizen, was driving her car when she noticed federal immigration agents in her Chicago neighborhood. She began following them, as did the driver of another car. She honked her horn and shouted "la migra" to warn her neighbors that immigration agents were nearby. As she drove alongside a Chevy Tahoe driven by Border Patrol agents, the vehicles made contact who swerved into whom is a point of dispute. Martinez then began to drive away. A Border Patrol agent fired at her five times. Minneapolis shootings and protests Alex Pretti shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis prompts DOJ civil rights probe The Department of Homeland Security quickly alleged Martinez had "rammed" the Border Patrol vehicle. "This woman who, by the way, is a Montessori school teacher with no criminal history she's now, all of a sudden, a 'domesti
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