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What are the federal agents killing protesters in the US?

2026-01-25 12:46:14Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

What are the federal agents killing protesters in the US?

Minneapolis has become the scene of a serious clash between American citizens and federal immigration agencies, raising deep concerns that an internal militarization is taking place in the United States under the guise of "immigration law enforcement."

In less than three weeks, two American citizens have been killed by federal agents during ICE and Border Patrol operations, a development that has shocked public opinion and sparked massive protests in several cities.

The term "federal agents" in this case has no connection to the local Minneapolis police or the Minnesota state law enforcement.

These are officers of the US federal government, subordinate to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), mainly the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agency and the US

Border Patrol, structures originally created for deportations and border control, but now operating increasingly frequently within American cities.

ICE is the agency that arrests, detains, and deports undocumented immigrants or people deemed to be in violation of immigration laws.

The Border Patrol, known as the Border Patrol, traditionally operates on the southern and northern borders of the US, but recent federal administrations have increasingly used it in urban operations, transforming the issue of immigration into an armed police intervention within civilian communities.

The crisis erupted the day before, on January 24, 2026, when Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse and American citizen, was shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis during an ICE operation.

Federal authorities claimed that Pretti approached agents with a gun and was shot in "self-defense."

But video footage verified by Reuters and other international media shows that Pretti was only holding a phone in his hand and was shot while lying on the ground, after the use of pepper spray and the intervention of federal forces in the middle of the crowd.


His killing sparked protests in Minneapolis, where thousands of citizens took to the streets demanding an independent investigation and the removal of ICE from American cities.

Local authorities, including the governor of Minnesota, strongly condemned the federal intervention and demanded that the investigation not be controlled by the very federal agencies involved in the incident.

But this was the second killing in as many days. On January 7, 2026, another American citizen, Renée Good, was killed during an ICE operation, also in a clash related to federal interventions.

Even in this case, federal authorities argued the use of force as necessary, while local communities saw the incident as part of a new model where immigration agents are behaving as a repressive force, not as an administrative service.

The two murders within such a short period have prompted strong accusations that US immigration policy is turning into a militarized campaign, where specialized deportation agents operate with weapons on city streets, often without transparency, without accountability to local authorities, and with tragic consequences for civilians.

According to reports, the federal administration has deployed thousands of ICE and Border Patrol agents to cities like Minneapolis, justifying this as "increasing capacity for immigration enforcement."

But in practice, their presence has produced a situation where urban communities feel invaded by federal forces that have no connection to local order, but rather with a political agenda for mass deportations.

Protesters and civil rights activists warn that this is a dangerous turn, as a state that uses the federal immigration apparatus as an instrument of force within its own territory creates a precedent for violent clashes with citizens.

If federal agents who are supposed to be pursuing undocumented immigrants are killing American citizens on the streets, the question that arises is who controls these structures and who protects citizens from the state itself?

The cases of Alex Pretti and Renée Good are not just isolated incidents. They signal an escalation in which immigration is being used as a justification for a repressive federal apparatus, with consequences that are shaking the foundations of American democracy.


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