In wake of fatal Minneapolis ICE shooting, some locals worry what could happen here
A U.S. Border Patrol officer steps out of his vehicle after blocking a street in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Jan. 14. (Adam Gray/AP)
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen is calling on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign as federal immigration raids in other places have taken a violent turn.
The Tennessee Democrat’s call during a Jan. 13 House Judiciary Committee session in Washington was a specific reaction to the Jan. 7 fatal shooting of Renee Good by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis.
“The American public is not the enemy,” Cohen said. “This is a war against America and against due process and against justice.”
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