A fatal shooting involving a federal immigration agent has ignited a fierce confrontation between Minneapolis city leadership and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials (ICE), with the Democratic mayor issuing an extraordinary demand for federal agents to exit the city.
The incident occurred Wednesday when a 37-year-old woman was shot and killed by an ICE agent during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis, Resist the Mainstream reported yesterday.
The shooting prompted immediate response from multiple law enforcement agencies converging on the scene.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey held a press conference Wednesday to address the deadly encounter.
He stated that city officials had anticipated problems with ICE operations in Minneapolis from the beginning.
“We’ve dreaded this moment since the early stages of this ICE presence in Minneapolis,” Frey said during the press conference.
“Not only is this a concern that we had internally, we’ve been talking about it.”
The mayor characterized the federal immigration enforcement presence as harmful to the city.
He argued that ICE operations are creating instability rather than improving public safety.
“They are not here to cause safety in this city. What they are doing is not to provide safety in America. What they are doing is causing chaos and distrust,” Frey said.
“They are ripping families apart, they are sowing chaos on our streets and in this case, quite literally killing people.”
He continued, “So, they are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense. Having seen the video for myself, I want to tell everybody directly: that is bullshit.”
“This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying, getting killed.”
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Fox 9 News, a Minneapolis television station, reported that multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the scene following the shooting.
Federal officials provided a dramatically different account of the events.
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin released a statement on X describing the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
“ICE officers in Minneapolis were conducting targeted operations when rioters began blocking ICE officers and one of these violent rioters weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them—an act of domestic terrorism,” McLaughlin posted.
The federal official stated that the agent acted in self-defense when confronted with what authorities characterized as a lethal threat. McLaughlin described the woman’s actions as an attempt to kill federal officers using her vehicle.
“An ICE officer, fearing for his life, the lives of his fellow law enforcement and the safety of the public, fired defensive shots. He used his training and saved his own life and that of his fellow officers. The alleged perpetrator was hit and is deceased. The ICE officers who were hurt are expected to make full recoveries,” McLaughlin stated.
The federal account indicates that ICE officers sustained injuries during the incident but are expected to recover fully.
Mayor Frey issued a direct ultimatum to federal immigration enforcement during his press conference.
He demanded that ICE agents cease operations and depart from Minneapolis immediately.
“I have a message for ICE, to ICE: Get the f*** out of Minneapolis. We do not want you here. Your stated reason for being in the city is to create some kind of safety, and you are doing exactly the opposite,” Frey said.
The mayor characterized the impact of ICE operations on Minneapolis residents as destructive.
He argued that federal immigration enforcement is harming families and long-term community members.
“People are being hurt. Families are being ripped apart. Long-term Minneapolis residents that have contributed so greatly to our city, to our culture, to our economy, are being terrorized, and now somebody is dead,” Frey stated.
