27 m. ago Sadiq Khan tears into Donald Trump's immigration crackdown warning ICE raids taking America to 'dark place'

Mayor of London unleashed ferocious criticism of the hardline borders policy after two Americans shot dead by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) teams

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3 h. ago A Minnesota nurse is the 6th person to die during the US immigration crackdown

Alex Pretti, a Minnesota nurse, is the sixth person to die during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign in the U.S. Federal authorities immediately said Pretti was a threat to federal officers

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6 h. ago Border czar Tom Homan heads to Minnesota as a judge considers immigration crackdown pause

A U.S. judge on Monday is due to consider a request to temporarily stop Operation Metro Surge

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10 h. ago Trump says his administration is ‘reviewing everything’ after Minneapolis killing as Republicans join calls for investigation – US politics live

President signals to Wall Street Journal that he would eventually withdraw ICE agents, though did not give a timeframeMinnesota governor Tim Walz appealed to Donald Trump to withdraw federal agents from Minnesota on Sunday, a day after US border patrol officers shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse who was monitoring the immigration crackdown.“What’s the plan, Donald Trump?” Walz asked at a news conference. “What do we need to do to get these federal agents out of our state?” Continue reading...

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13 h. ago John Fetterman's own WIFE turns on him over ICE as Senator comes under fire for his silence on shooting of Alex Pretti

Senator John Fetterman's wife issued a statement that exposed a rift in beliefs, as her Democratic husband has repeatedly endorsed Trump's immigration crackdown and the use of ICE.

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16 h. ago Judge set to hear arguments on Minnesota's immigration crackdown after fatal shootings

A federal judge is set to hear arguments Monday on whether to pause an immigration crackdown in Minnesota

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20 h. ago Trump voices disapproval over Alex Pretti shooting and gives Minneapolis immigrant ultimatum: 'I don't like it'

Minnesota nurse Alex Pretti, 37, was shot dead by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis on Saturday during a targeted immigration enforcement operation.

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20 h. ago Minneapolis shooting: Obama and Clinton urge Americans to ‘stand up’ as more Republicans call for an investigation – live

Some elected officials condemn Trump’s federal surge in Minnesota and say DHS agents should leave stateAlex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimonyCalls mount on Trump administration to fully investigate killingMinnesota workers pressure employers to take action against ICE operationsAlex Pretti, a Veterans Affairs Hospital ICU nurse, was said to be deeply upset about the Trump administration’s sometimes brutal immigration crackdown. The 37-year-old has been described as kindhearted by his friends and family (see opening post to read what his parents said about him in a statement issued after he was killed).Dimitri Drekonja, chief of the Infectious Diseases Section at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital and a colleague of Pretti, called him “a good kind person who lived to help.” Pretti was a nurse working “to support critically ill veterans,” he added. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Minneapolis shooting: More Republican lawmakers join calls for full investigation into Alex Pretti’s killing – live

Some elected officials condemn Trump’s federal surge in Minnesota and say DHS agents should leave stateAlex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimonyCalls mount on Trump administration to fully investigate killingMinnesota workers pressure employers to take action against ICE operationsAlex Pretti, a Veterans Affairs Hospital ICU nurse, was said to be deeply upset about the Trump administration’s sometimes brutal immigration crackdown. The 37-year-old has been described as kindhearted by his friends and family (see opening post to read what his parents said about him in a statement issued after he was killed).Dimitri Drekonja, chief of the Infectious Diseases Section at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital and a colleague of Pretti, called him “a good kind person who lived to help.” Pretti was a nurse working “to support critically ill veterans,” he added. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Minneapolis mourns ICU nurse killed by a Border Patrol agent as a warmhearted neighbor and caregiver

Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city

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24 h. ago Federal and state officials both claim moral high ground in immigration crackdown after shooting

In dueling news conferences, federal and state officials offered starkly different messages about the immigration crackdown that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities

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27 h. ago Trump faces growing backlash against immigration crackdown after shooting

Some Republicans break ranks while Democrats threaten a shutdown over latest death in Minneapolis

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28 h. ago Celebrities including Ariana Grande speak out after nurse killed in Minneapolis

High-profile American celebrities have spoken out against Donald Trump's ongoing immigration crackdown after 37-year-old intensive care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti was fatally shot

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29 h. ago Protesters demand end to immigration crackdown after Minneapolis shooting

Outrage grows in US after videos cast doubt on official explanation for death of 37-year-old intensive-care nurse

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32 h. ago ‘Alex Pretti was murdered’: NBA’s Haliburton among sports stars to condemn Minnesota killing

37-year-old shot dead by federal agents on SaturdayAngel Reese and Ryan Clark also post about shootingHall of famer Alan Page seen at anti-ICE protestsA number of prominent US sports stars have condemned the killing of a registered nurse, Alex Pretti, by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday.Pretti, 37, is the second person shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis in less than three weeks as protests over Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown sweep the city. Senior Trump administration officials have claimed Pretti intended to “massacre” federal officers with a handgun but video of the killing appears to contradict those claims. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago A Holocaust survivor says he can see 'The ghost of Hitler' standing behind Trump

Grandad Steven Frank is disturbed by the images coming out of the US as Trump's immigration crackdown sees people snatched off the streets. He says

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41 h. ago Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony

Pair testify that Pretti did not hold weapon and was trying to help woman federal agents had shoved to the groundTwo witnesses to the killing of Alex Pretti have said in sworn testimony that the 37-year-old intensive care nurse was not brandishing a weapon when he approached federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, contradicting a claim made by Trump administration officials as they sought to cast the shooting of a prone man as an act of self-defense.Their accounts came in sworn affidavits that were filed in federal court in Minnesota late Saturday, just hours after Pretti’s killing, as part of a lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of Minneapolis protesters against Kristi Noem and other homeland security officials directing the immigration crackdown in the city. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago The man killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says

Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at the Veterans Administration who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city

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52 h. ago Man shot during Minneapolis immigration crackdown ‘has died’

Man shot during Minneapolis immigration crackdown ‘has died’  london-now.co.uk

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55 h. ago ‘A lot of fear’: the families bearing brunt of Sweden’s immigration crackdown

Many of those moved into an asylum return centre have held jobs for years and can speak the language“Sweden did this for us,” said Sofiye*, making a supportive scooping up gesture with her hands. “And then, bam.” She dropped them to the ground.Sofiye, who has three children, arrived in Sweden from Uzbekistan as an asylum seeker in 2008, and for much of that time she was able to build a life in the Scandinavian country. The family lived in a flat in a Stockholm suburb and Sofiye worked for the municipality in the home help department. She learned Swedish and her children went through the Swedish school system. Her youngest son was born in Sweden and her 18-year-old son, Hamza, who is studying in college to be a technician, doesn’t know life anywhere else. Continue reading...

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