The Border Patrol agents who dropped off Shah Alam - who spoke no English and was blind in one eye with partial, blurry vision in the other - appeared to make no attempt to ensure the Tim Hortons was actually a "safe, warm location" that he could access. The van pulled out of the parking lot less than a minute after Shah Alam was seen exiting it.
Democratic senator John Fetterman has called on Donald Trump to immediately fire Kristi Noem after the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Fetterman, of Pennsylvania, said in a statement: President Trump: I make a direct appeal to immediately fire Secretary Noem. Americans have died. She is betraying DHS's core mission and trashing your border security legacy. DO NOT make the mistake President Biden made for not firing a grossly incompetent DHS Secretary.
The interview came amid an unusual wave of Republican calls for investigations into the Minneapolis killings. Tur noted that GOP lawmakers, including several senators and House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer of Kentucky, have publicly questioned whether federal agents should remain deployed in the city at all. Garcia said the bipartisan reaction underscored the political danger of defending DHS's actions and reflected the scale of public anger.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND on Monday issued a statement condemning the conduct of the Department of Homeland Security, as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which DHS oversees, following the fatal shooting by Border Patrol agents of nurse Alex Pretti at a Minnesota protest last week, the second protest shooting in a month. Gillibrand, who sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said she could not back a contentious federal agency funding bill currently making its way through Congress in light of recent events.
Thao was detained so abruptly that the agents whisked him away in his underwear despite the frigid winter weather, sparking outrage from social media users who watched viral footage of the incident. Thao said the agents drove him to the middle of nowhere before making him exit the vehicle to take additional photos. Not long after, they discovered he was a U.S. citizen with no criminal record. He was returned after approximately an hour.
