An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a woman during a confrontation in Minneapolis, sparking an uproar over the presence of ICE agents in the city and heightening political divisions around the administration of President Donald Trump¡¯s migrant crackdown.
The Wednesday shooting ¡ª caught on video and shared widely on social media ¡ª happened during what federal officials described as a targeted operation amid a broader immigration effort. President Donald Trump and his allies cast it as an incident of self-defense, a view that the mayor of Minneapolis called a ¡°garbage narrative.¡±
The deadly incident fueled a national debate over Trump¡¯s efforts to send heavily armed federal agents into U.S. cities in his push for mass deportations, with operations ramping up last year from Chicago to Los Angeles. Within hours, the Minneapolis killing ignited protests as far away as New York City, where an evening demonstration backed by the New York Immigration Coalition was planned for Foley Square.
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