In Minneapolis, resistance to ICE hardens after agent kills another US citizen
‘I do feel scared, but at the same time, I know I have to take care of my people too,’ a volunteer tracking ICE officers says
When Fabiola, a single mother and naturalised US citizen from Latin America, first learned of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, she said she was heartbroken and terrified.
Then she joined the thousands of other Minnesotans who have volunteered to track ICE agents since Good was killed, despite her fears for herself and her son Asher, who is seven.
“I do feel scared, but at the same time, I know I have to take care of my people too,” she said.
Activists say they have been overwhelmed by new volunteers – despite the potential for violence – since Good was killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. A federal agent on Saturday shot dead a Minneapolis resident, the second person since the Trump administration surged 3,000 immigration enforcement officials to the city.
The victim was identified by his parents as Alex Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse. He was a US citizen and was born in Illinois.
Fabiola, who has lived in the US for 20 years and owns a construction company, never knew Good. The mother of three was fatally shot when she stopped her car during an immigration enforcement action, just blocks from Fabiola’s home.