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- PM
Americans must be eyes wide open that blocking the DHS funding bill will not shut down ICE. ICE is now sitting on a massive slush fund it can tap, whether or not we pass a funding bill.
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- RB
I’m a NO on DHS funding without strict restraints & comprehensive reforms to stop lawless, lethal violence led from the top. Americans are rightly terrified & outraged by the illegal brutality—police state tactics—we’re watching in real time. It must be stopped. 1/
- PW
Five times as many Vermonters have dropped their ACA health care plans this year compared to last year. Millions of families around the country are going to be filled with anxiety that an accident or an unexpected illness could bankrupt them. And it's because of President Trump.
- RW
They just took food away from hungry families to pay for a militarized police force that is killing people and ripping families apart. It’s a moral tragedy.
- AK
Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse at the VA. His parents said he was “a kindhearted soul.” He was shot and killed by federal agents while trying to help a woman next to him who had been shoved to the ground. Our eyes don’t lie—Americans see what happened.
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- SW
Here’s another Bellingcat series on an agent using “less lethal” munitions.
link:https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01/16/border-patrol-minneapolis/
- EW
“Please get the truth out about our son.” Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
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- JS
If we alienate our allies and partners in Europe and Canada, the only people who are celebrating that are Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. They want to separate the transatlantic alliance and undermine NATO, and the President is playing right into those interests.
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- TD
“Please get the truth out about our son.” Alex Pretti, a VA ICU nurse, was killed by ICE while trying to protect a woman being assaulted. Trump calls him a “monster” and “domestic terrorist.” Trust your own eyes. Unlike Trump, the video doesn’t lie.
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- CS
Please take a minute to read this heartbreaking statement from Nurse Pretti’s family. After their son was killed in broad daylight, they are now forced to defend him against this administration’s lies. It’s another reason why Senate Democrats are united in rejecting this DHS spending bill.
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- JS
People are outraged by yesterday's shooting and what they are seeing from out-of-control federal officers on the ground in Minnesota. It is horrific. An independent investigation must happen.
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- AK
50,000 Minnesotans turned out to peacefully protest ICE’s actions in 10 below weather and there were no problems. The next day a whole team of federal agents couldn’t handle one citizen with a cell phone. They shot him. ICE needs to leave.
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- AK
This family statement is absolutely devastating to read. First, it should never have had to be written. The ease with which Trump’s admin takes someone’s life, and in this case a citizen, is disgusting and wrong. 1/2
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- AK
The Pretti family’s heartbreaking request to all of us: get the truth out about our son. Alex was an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA whose last act was to protect the woman next to him. We will not let this Administration spread lies.
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- MK
Don’t let this White House lie to you. Believe what you see. Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him. It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.
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- PM
Federal agents cannot murder people in broad daylight and face zero consequences. I will NOT support the DHS bill as it stands. The DHS bill needs to be split off from the larger funding package before the Senate—Republicans must work with us to do that. I’ll keep fighting to rein in DHS and ICE.
- CH
The killings of Renee Good & Alex Pretti show Trump's DHS culture is rotten to its core. Trump, Vance, Noem, & Miller have made these agents feel immune from the consequences of their actions. That must change. Everyone involved in these operations must be held accountable.
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- EW
We can all see with our own eyes what ICE is doing to our neighbors. It’s time for the Senate to step up and do the right thing. Stop this violence.
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- AK
We oppose the ICE funding bill. We call for a full and transparent investigation with state officials. And we call on our Republican colleagues to stand up. They know this is wrong.
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- RG
Hoy, agentes federales ejecutaron a una persona en nuestras calles. Fue sin provocación, sin amenaza y con una violencia excesiva. Dispararon a un hombre que ya estaba en el suelo. No pararemos hasta que cambiemos totalmente el sistema que tenemos ahora.
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- RW
I will vote NO on the funding bill for Trump’s ICE. They are killing Americans. Detaining children. Trampling our freedoms. We are losing our humanity. This is a defining moment for our nation. A moment for moral courage. We must stand together and say no.
- MK
A second American citizen has been killed by immigration agents in Minneapolis, and DHS is blocking any independent investigation. When will my Republican colleagues speak out against this chaos? This can’t continue.
- JR
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- CS
What’s happening in Minnesota is appalling—and unacceptable in any American city.
- AK
Our message is clear: ICE needs to get out of Minnesota.
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- BL
Kristi Noem and Donald Trump’s ICE is out of control and terrorizing our communities. With multiple deadly shootings of American citizens by federal agents in Minnesota & no accountability, I will not support an appropriations bill that funds DHS without real oversight, transparency, & consequences.
- JR
I’ve seen the horrific video of another fatal ICE shooting. It’s clear that ICE agents are doing more harm than good in Minneapolis. Time for reforms. They aren’t effectively doing their jobs or keeping Americans safe – they are endangering people.
- ES
I will be voting against the Dept. of Homeland Security funding bill this week. Full statement in the thread below.
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- TD
Public executions at the hands of the government should never happen in “the land of the free.” Not one more taxpayer dollar for Trump’s DHS, CBP or ICE.
- TS
He wasn't a domestic terrorist. A domestic terrorist was the Oklahoma City bomber. This was a VA nurse looking out for his neighbors.
- JH
ICE is out of control. Killing people, separating families, and terrorizing our communities. I’m a NO on the DHS funding bill.
- ES
This is what President Trump meant when he said he wanted to go after “the enemy within.” At every opportunity, he’s escalated violence against the people of Minnesota. Now, two American citizens have been killed by their own government as part of this operation. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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- TS
For those asking where we go from here: Not voting to fund ICE is a great place for us to start.
- TB
ICE and DHS are out of control and making our communities less safe. I will not support funding for DHS without clear accountability and stronger controls over the agency. It is time for the Senate to do its job and rein in this lawlessness.
- LR
Minnesotans, and all Americans, have been made less safe by ICE's reckless and unlawful behavior. I refuse to support this current package of funding bills as federal agents shoot Americans in the street. My full statement:
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- AK
I’m not voting to fund this lawless violence. Trump’s abuse of power is tearing us apart. We have 3 years left of this presidency. Either we stand up and protect our democracy now, or we risk going down a path that is unthinkable, will hurt countless people and do irreversible damage to our country.
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- RB
Coverup in real time—if DHS investigates its own potential illegality. Congress must demand an independent investigation—immediately. A bipartisan call for justice—now.
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- MC
President Trump has crossed the line. Americans will not stand for masked, armed troops roaming their neighborhoods. ICE is not trained in this capacity and should not be on streets. This incident should be investigated immediately and not politicized by the President.
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- MH
What ICE is doing in Minnesota and on many streets across the country is unacceptable, unconscionable, and it has to stop.
- PW
Under Secretary Noem, ICE is no longer about immigration enforcement. It's about terrorizing communities. Noem must go. Congress must stop giving even more money to this agency on a rampage. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/njgfQY5siXI
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- JR
My personal guiding principle has always been "agree where you can and fight where you must." And I believe this is a time when we must fight back.
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- MH
DHS agents have summarily killed another person. This regime claims to be targeting ‘the worst of the worst,’ while they target people for exercising their constitutional right to free speech with lethal force. This lawlessness cannot be allowed to continue.
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- CH
The real “domestic terrorists” are in the White House. The victim, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, was reportedly a law abiding US citizen & an ICU nurse at the VA. He was licensed to carry a firearm. Trump & Miller are responsible for his killing & are now lying to the American people.
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- GP
Another person has been shot and killed by ICE officers in Minneapolis. The Trump Administration must turn the temperature down and stop this horrific violence.
- RD
Another tragic, fatal shooting by a federal immigration officer in Minnesota. This is heartbreaking and infuriating. My office is gathering information as we speak. But what we do know: ICE’s egregious, reckless behavior in our communities must come to an end. Now.
- MH
Another American killed by Donald Trump’s invasion force in Minneapolis. Shot 5 times AFTER being restrained. This is not the America I know, but I do know THIS… This invasion of an American city is only possible because Republicans are complicit and refuse to rein in this madness.
- MW
Trump’s endless empowerment of federal immigration agents has resulted in yet another senseless killing. This brutal crackdown has to end. I cannot and will not vote to fund DHS while this administration continues these violent federal takeovers of our cities.
- EM
I’ve been calling to stop DHS and ICE funding since Renee Good was murdered. Americans are watching in outrage while their neighbors are murdered on tv and cities get taken over. Senators have the power to do something about it. We need to stop funding DHS now.