Controversy Erupts Over Border Patrol Shooting in Minnesota, ICE Involvement in Olympics
A deadly shooting in Minnesota involving U.S. Border Patrol agents has sparked outrage and condemnation, while the planned deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to the Winter Olympics in Italy has ignited further controversy.
The shooting, which resulted in the death of Alex Pretti on Saturday, is one of two fatal incidents involving federal officers in Minneapolis this month. Renee Good was killed earlier in January. The incidents have drawn criticism from various quarters, including New York Knicks players Karl-Anthony Towns and Guerschon Yabusele, who both spoke out against the federal government's actions in Minneapolis, according to Fox News.
Adding to the controversy, ICE's decision to send agents to support American security operations during the Winter Olympics in Italy, which begin on February 6, has prompted anger and alarm in Italy. "This is a militia that kills... of course they're not welcome in Milan," Milan Mayor Beppe Sala told Italian radio on Tuesday, according to the BBC. Despite the backlash, an ICE spokesperson stressed that "all security operations remain under Italian authority."
Meanwhile, in a separate development, a federal judge in Minnesota has ordered the head of ICE to appear in court to explain why he should not be held in contempt for violating court orders related to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the state. Judge Patrick J. Schiltz, of the Federal District Court in Minnesota, called the extent of ICE's violation of court orders "extraordinary," according to the NY Times.
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