A protester is pepper sprayed at close range while being detained near the site of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ellen Schmidt/MinnPost via AP)
A person holds up their hands as law enforcement deploys a thick screen of teargas on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ben Hovland/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
Federal agents deploy tear gas and other munitions into a crowd of people near the intersection of 27th Street and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis after a federal officer shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ben Hovland/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
A border patrol agent aims a munition launcher at a crowd of people near the intersection of 27th Street and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis after a federal officer shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ben Hovland/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
Minnesota State Patrol officers pass along information on a police line on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ben Hovland/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
People gather at the site where a federal officer shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ben Hovland/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks about the man in Minneapolis who was killed by a federal immigration officer earlier in the day during a news conference at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Washington. Behind Noem, from left, are Rodney Scott, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Karen Evans, acting deputy administrator of FEMA, and Gregg Phillips, head of the Office of Response and Recovery at FEMA. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A group of protesters use a dumpster for cover on Nicollet Avenue as federal agents fire crowd control munitions at them after agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minn., on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Aaron Nesheim/Sahan Journal/Catchlight Local via AP)
A large crowd gathers at the scene where federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minn., on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Aaron Nesheim/Sahan Journal/Catchlight Local via AP)
Protestors fill the intersection in Minneapolis near the site of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Jack Brook)
A large crowd gathers at the scene where federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minn., on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Aaron Nesheim/Sahan Journal/Catchlight Local via AP)
A mattress is spray painted with "R.I.P. Alex" near the site of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Jack Brook)
A Minnesota State Trooper wears riot gear as protesters fill the site of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ellen Schmidt/MinnPost via AP)
A protester screams with an injured hand while bystanders help near the site of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ellen Schmidt/MinnPost via AP)
Federal agents point weapons at protesters near the site of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ellen Schmidt/MinnPost via AP)
A protester is detained by a federal agent near the site of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ellen Schmidt/MinnPost via AP)
Protesters advance toward federal agents with their hands up near the site of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ellen Schmidt/MinnPost via AP)
A protester holds a sign outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
A Minnesota National Guard vehicle blocks off a road near the scene of a shooting earlier in the day, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
People walk past a Minnesota National Guard vehicle blocking off a road near the scene of a shooting earlier in the day, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Demonstrators hold signs during a protest in response to the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis earlier in the day Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
A demonstrator dressed as Donald Trump participates in a protest in response to the Minneapolis fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said the person had a firearm with two magazines and the situation was "evolving."
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says what's happening in Minnesota is "appalling" and he's pledging that Democrats will block a funding package that includes homeland security money.
Minneapolis residents shelter immigrant children separated from parents and sought by federal agents
As federal immigration arrests surge in Minneapolis, residents are organizing safe houses, food deliveries and child care plans.
President Donald Trump softened his tone Monday on the immigration crackdown in Minnesota, touting productive conversations with the governor and Minneapolis mayor. Some federal agents were expected to leave.
Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration's characterization of Alex Pretti as responsible for his own death.Â
The FBI said federal agents tried to apprehend the man, 34, near Arivaca, Arizona, when he shot at a Border Patrol helicopter and at agents.
Two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice sent Tuesday.
She's one of the high-profile faces of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement campaign.
If you avoid the subject, kids can fill the gap with misinformation and worst-case scenarios they’ve conjured.
Democrats and the White House struck a deal Thursday night to avert a government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security as they negotiate restrictions for immigration enforcement.
They're planning for a range of ways the Trump administration might seek to interfere with midterm voting or how they run elections.
LOS ANGELES — Journalist Don Lemon was released from custody Friday after he was arrested and hit with federal civil rights charges over his coverage of an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church.
It now heads to the House, which is not due back until Monday, which means the government could be in a partial shutdown over the weekend.
It's vastly different from the record 43-day federal government closure in the fall, but some agencies will be affected.
The judge denied a preliminary injunction sought in a lawsuit filed by the state attorney general and mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
He provided no further details on how his order would affect operations by Customs and Immigration Enforcement and DHS personnel.
Experts say law enforcement agencies often don't publicly correct misstatements or falsehoods that might affect the justice process.
