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On the recordJanuary 28, 2026
Mr. President, earlier this month, the Nation watched in horror as social media was flooded with images and videos of a Federal immigration officer shooting and killing an American citizen, Renee Good, as part of the Trump administration's military enforcement operation in Minneapolis. Now, fresh on the heels of that tragedy, another one has struck. This weekend, Federal agents gunned down yet another American in Minneapolis, Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse in a VA hospital in Minneapolis. I am going to show a photo of that scene, which is graphic, but I am afraid it is necessary to appreciate the horror of the moment. This photo shows the last second when the ICE agent killed Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis. In his right hand is his camera, and his left hand is holding the ground--no gun obvious, no effort to resist obvious. This was a moment when this man lost his life. He was characterized afterward as an assassin, as a domestic terrorist. The photo tells the story. The killing of Alex Pretti has further intensified tensions in a city already reeling from the President's aggressive campaign of terror.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Addressing the recent killings of American citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis.

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