ICE Minneapolis Shooting Sparks Anger and Deepens Divisions (3)

Jan. 8, 2026, 1:20 PM UTC

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a woman during a confrontation in Minneapolis, sparking an uproar over the presence of ICE agents in the city and heightening political divisions around the Trump administration’s migrant crackdown.

The Wednesday shooting — caught on video and shared widely on social media — happened during what federal officials described as a targeted operation amid a broader immigration effort. President Donald Trump and his allies cast it as an incident of self-defense, a view that the mayor of Minneapolis called a “garbage narrative.”

A bullet hole at the scene of the shooting involving federal law enforcement agents, on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis.
Photographer: Tom Baker/AP Photo

The deadly incident fueled a national debate over ...

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