President and team soften harsh rhetoric after fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents – key US politics stories from Monday 26 January at a glance
The US news cycle remained fixed on Donald Trump’s ICE crackdown in Minnesota on Monday as outrage and calls for accountability mount following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents.
While there is no sign the aggressive tactics used by immigration enforcement are coming to an end, Jacob Frey, the mayor of Minneapolis said the administration will begin to scale back the number of federal agents in Minneapolis starting on Tuesday, as the president and his team soften their harsh rhetoric about the incident.
Trump said earlier on Monday that his administration was reviewing the shooting of Pretti, a 37-year-old VA nurse, and that he would send “border czar” Tom Homan to Minnesota. Frey said he planned to meet with Homan on Tuesday to “further discuss next steps”.
That marks a departure in the White House’s vehement claims about protesters in Minnesota, including Renee Good, who was killed by an ICE agent earlier this month as she attempted to drive away from federal officers.
