Another shooting by ICE in Minneapolis. Situation developing.
Residents are talking about their trauma and the “economic devastation” left by the aggressive deportation operation.
www.startribune.com
A man was shot in the leg Wednesday night during a federal immigration enforcement operation in north Minneapolis, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.
That one seems justified.
The three
venezolanos ilegales fought with ICE officers, including with a snow shovel.
Federal Agent Shoots Man in Minneapolis, Prompting Tense Protests
NYT said:
Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, said in a statement that federal agents were trying to arrest a man from Venezuela who was in the country illegally in a “targeted traffic stop” at around 6:50 p.m. She said that he fled from agents.
When the officer caught up to him, Ms. McLaughlin said he “began to resist and violently assault the officer.” She said two people came out of a nearby building and, along with the man being sought, attacked the officer with a snow shovel and a broom handle.
The officer feared for his life and fired shots, striking the man whom agents were seeking in the leg, Ms. McLaughlin said. The agent and the man who was shot were in the hospital, she added, and the other two people she accused of attacking the agent were in custody.
DHS identifies illegal immigrants involved in second Minneapolis ICE shooting
Fox 9 said:
Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, who illegally entered the U.S. from Venezuela in August 2022, was the target of the ICE operation when he was shot in the leg, according to DHS. He ', previously convicted of driving without a license and arrested on two counts of giving a false name to a peace officer.
Officials said he was released by Minnesota authorities before ICE could lodge a detainer against him.
Alfredo Alejandro Ajorna and Gabriel Alejandro Hernandez-Ledezma were identified as the two men who came out of a nearby apartment and attacked the ICE agent with a snow shovel and broom handle while he was trying to arrest Sosa-Celis, according to DHS.
I disagree with Trump's ICE tactics, but I just as much disagree with the "sanctuary" policies that led to this overreach. Had democratic politicians allowed immigration laws to be properly enforced instead of protecting illegals, we would not be here.
I'm curious: Exactly what are those 'sanctuary' policies? How did they lead to 'this over reach?' (I am assuming that you mean Trump's massive ICE deployment but if I'm wrong, please tell me).
My belief is that over-reach is entirely the responsibility of those who overstep their authority or respond with disproportionate reaction.
My belief re: the situation in Minnesota is that Trump is exacting revenge against Minnesota/Tim Walz because Walz had the audacity to run on the opposing ticket in the last election and called Trump weird. I agree with it not being great that Walz called Trump weird. Trump is many things: demented, very seriously mentally ill aside from dementia, has multiple personality disorders, is entirely unfit for office, even if one choses to disregard, as so many do, Trump's attempted overthrow of the government, and calling for the death of his own VP, is adjudicated rapist, is almost certainly (I'm being kind here) a pedophile and kiddie rapist, is well known as a con artist, and so forth. Why not just call him a creep and a convicted criminal? Accurate.
I also think that Trump is looking for an excuse to enact the Insurrection Act.