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Current and former HHS staffers accused DHS agents of "murdering, assaulting, and terrorizing people."
Trey Gowdy criticized the Trump’s administration’s narrative of Pretti as a terrorist.
Gregory Bovino is reportedly being moved from his role as Border Patrol’s “Commander of Operation At Large" back to his former post overseeing CBP operations in El Centro, a shift described as a demotion.
The fatal shooting by federal immigration officers of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, a U.S. citizen and an intensive care unit nurse at the VA, escalated tensions surrounding the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis and prompted bipartisan calls for investigation.
Pretti was shot and killed over the weekend by federal immigration officers.
The "New Adventures of Superman" star claimed Pretti "wasn't there just being a peaceful protester" and that immigration agents are "getting tremendous abuse."
The Trump White House made a rare rhetorical retreat Monday amid public uproar over its initial response to the killing of Alex Pretti, the second U.S. citizen recently shot dead by federal law enforcement agents working in Minneapolis as part of the administration’s deportation efforts.
Senate Democrats say they are unwilling to fund the Department of Homeland Security without major reforms, raising the likelihood of a partial government shutdown at the end of this week.