2026-07-14T18:54:54.803Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
亚伦·布莱克 分析报道
发布于 2026年7月14日，美国东部时间下午2:54
2026年7月13日，缅因州比迪福德，民众在一名男子遭移民与海关执法局（ICE）枪击身亡的现场摆放鲜花悼念。
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唐纳德·特朗普总统第二任期内，几乎没有任何事件能比联邦特工在今年1月于明尼阿波利斯枪杀两名反对其移民打压政策的抗议者，更让其政府做出如此大幅的路线调整。
此后，负责该移民打压行动的两名高级官员离职，其中包括国土安全部部长克里斯蒂·诺姆，政府也默认局势已经失控。民调数据也印证了这些枪杀事件对政府造成的严重打击。
但如今，这一问题再次有失控风险——而且正值政治上相当棘手的时刻。
在重大驱逐争议沉寂数月之后，联邦特工本月已造成两人死亡：一人于上周在得克萨斯州，另一人于周一在缅因州。
与明尼阿波利斯发生的蕾妮·古德和亚历克斯·普雷蒂被杀事件一样，这两起事件似乎不仅要考验美国人对特朗普移民政策的容忍度，还要考验政府的公信力。国土安全部一贯会对这类事件做出可疑甚至彻头彻尾的虚假陈述，而对其说法的质疑如今再次浮现。
值得注意的是，在缅因州最近的枪击致死事件中，国土安全部甚至没有声称死者曾威胁执法人员的生命——只是说他当时正在逃离现场，且移民与海关执法局的一名警官“担心公共安全”。但这通常并非开枪射杀他人的理由。
2026年7月13日周一，比迪福德普尔街的枪击现场，一辆被指为枪击遇难者所驾驶的起亚轿车挡风玻璃上可见四个弹孔。
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2026年7月13日，缅因州比迪福德，美国移民与海关执法局（ICE）枪击事件现场的路面上留有血迹。
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那么，这一问题在政治上处于何种态势？
明尼阿波利斯事件的影响显然持续至今。这是因为，尽管特朗普成功将非法越境人数降至历史低位，但他在移民问题上的支持率仍大幅低于反对率。
上个月路透社-益普索的一项民调显示，55%的美国人不认可特朗普在移民问题上的表现，仅有37%的人认可。且有51%的受访者认为移民政策“走错了方向”，仅有35%的人认为方向正确。这一数据与2月古德和普雷蒂被杀后开展的民调结果极为相似。
昆尼皮亚克大学的民调显示，自2月以来，特朗普在移民问题上的支持率略有改善——从落后21个百分点缩小至上月的落后13个百分点。但他的支持率仍显著低于反对率。
即便在得克萨斯州和缅因州的最新枪击事件发生前，负责此次两起枪击事件的移民与海关执法局就已经比以往任何时候都更不受欢迎。
2026年7月7日，得克萨斯州圣安东尼奥，民众在守夜活动中哀悼。
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2026年7月14日，缅因州斯卡伯勒，一名男子遭移民与海关执法局枪击身亡后，民众在联邦移民办公室外抗议。
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马凯特大学法学院5月的一项民调显示，美国人对移民与海关执法局的好感度极低，反对者占比达61%，支持者仅为36%。
这一约六成民众反感移民与海关执法局的比例，与1月古德和普雷蒂被杀后其他民调机构得出的结果相近。
即便只是让移民与海关执法局再次成为新闻焦点，似乎也对特朗普政府不利，因为该机构长期以来都不受欢迎。事实上，早在一年前——远早于明尼阿波利斯的枪击事件——民调就显示移民与海关执法局的不受欢迎程度达到了当时的新高。
换言之，长期以来，美国人一直对政府执行驱逐行动的方式存在不满。1月的枪击事件似乎让这一问题的关注度进一步提升，这对政府而言毫无益处。
而这正是缅因州和得克萨斯州的枪击事件所带来的政治风险。
2026年7月8日，得克萨斯州休斯顿，罗纳尔多·萨尔加多手持父亲洛伦佐·萨尔加多·阿劳霍的照片出席新闻发布会，其父亲遭移民与海关执法局特工枪击身亡。
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目前仍有诸多细节有待厘清，且这两起事件与明尼阿波利斯发生的情况并非完全相似。
一个关键区别在于，此次事件没有像明尼阿波利斯那样充足的视频 footage——当时有大量抗议者在场记录事件。本月的两起枪击事件中的特工似乎都没有佩戴随身摄像头，尽管明尼阿波利斯事件后曾推动此类特工配备该设备。
明尼阿波利斯的那段视频不仅与特朗普政府最初对枪击事件的说法相矛盾；还让绝大多数美国人认定，移民执法特工应承担责任。
图集：明尼阿波利斯移民打压行动
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联邦特工在1月24日致命枪击事件后的冲突中与抗议者对峙。当日早些时候，37岁的明尼阿波利斯居民亚历克斯·普雷蒂遭联邦特工枪击身亡。
戴维·古滕费尔德/《纽约时报》/雷德克斯图片社
图集：明尼阿波利斯移民打压行动
明尼阿波利斯民众1月7日在为蕾妮·古德设立的临时纪念点点燃蜡烛。
戴维·古滕费尔德/《纽约时报》/雷德克斯图片社
明尼阿波利斯1月7日蕾妮·古德致命枪击事件现场，一辆汽车的头枕上留有血迹。
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联邦特工在1月24日致命枪击事件后的冲突中与抗议者对峙。当日早些时候，37岁的明尼阿波利斯居民亚历克斯·普雷蒂遭联邦特工枪击身亡。
戴维·古滕费尔德/《纽约时报》/雷德克斯图片社
民众聚集在明尼阿波利斯1月24日普雷蒂遇刺的临时纪念点周围。
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一名男子在明尼阿波利斯1月24日走向一枚催泪弹罐。
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一名女子在1月24日普雷蒂的临时纪念点哭泣。国土安全部称普雷蒂持有手枪，并在特工试图收缴武器时“暴力反抗”。明尼苏达州州长蒂姆·瓦尔茨表示，视频显示该说法是“胡言乱语”和“谎言”。
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1月23日，数千人冒着零下低温游行抗议明尼阿波利斯的移民打压政策。
戴维·古滕费尔德/《纽约时报》/雷德克斯图片社
1月11日，泰雅娜·吉布森·布朗在丈夫加里森·吉布森遭逮捕后反应激烈，特工使用破拆锤破门。加里森·吉布森因移民问题被捕。
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1月14日，一名抗议者撑伞，对联邦特工发射的催泪瓦斯做出反应。
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1月15日，约翰·阿伯内西被联邦特工扑倒时，将相机扔向同事皮埃尔·拉维。阿伯内西当时正在拍摄抗议活动，他表示特工在他前方释放了催泪瓦斯，并向他脸上喷洒胡椒喷雾。国土安全部称，阿伯内西因在联邦财产上阻碍行人和车辆通行而被捕。
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1月9日，明尼阿波利斯市中心一名示威者举着标语，上面写着“爱你的邻居”。
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1月17日，抗议者与特工在明尼阿波利斯ICE总部外对峙，有人挥舞美国国旗。
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1月20日，5岁的利亚姆·科内霍·拉莫斯在明尼阿波利斯郊区放学回家后被联邦特工拘留。据学区官员和家庭律师称，他与父亲一同被关押在得克萨斯州的一个ICE设施中。这名男孩和家人原籍厄瓜多尔，2024年12月在得克萨斯州向边境官员申请庇护，家庭律师马克·普罗科施在新闻发布会上表示。国土安全部称，该父亲是此次行动的目标人物。
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1月16日，“上帝说话”教堂的牧师塞尔吉奥·阿梅斯夸将食物放在公寓门口。明尼阿波利斯民众加入了教堂发起的捐赠食品递送活动，为那些不敢离家的移民家庭提供帮助。
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1月13日，美国公民阿利亚·拉赫曼在驾车穿过明尼阿波利斯抗议活动时被联邦特工从车中拖出。国土安全部在推特上称，她因无视多次移车命令而因妨碍公务被捕。拉赫曼告诉CNN，她对警官们相互矛盾的命令感到困惑，只是想去看医生。
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泰勒·查伊卡手持美国国旗，与明尼阿波利斯的抗议人群一同高呼口号，时间为1月8日。
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1月15日，一名示威者站在亨利·惠普尔主教联邦大楼外的执法人员面前。
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1月14日，居民们从窗户向外观看联邦特工在明尼阿波利斯街道上巡逻。
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1月21日，明尼阿波利斯一名抗议者的脸上被直接喷洒了化学刺激物。明尼苏达《星坛报》摄影师理查德·宗-塔塔里为CNN拍摄了这张照片，他表示，一名ICE特工将一名骑车人撞倒后，抗议人群变得激动起来。抗议者开始靠近特工并对他们大喊大叫——特工们随后开始将人摔倒在地，包括他拍摄的这名男子。
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一名男子站在联邦特工投掷的防暴手榴弹产生的烟雾中，地点为明尼阿波利斯，1月12日。
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1月17日，右翼网红杰克·朗在明尼阿波利斯市政厅外被抗议者泼水。朗的集会被提前打断，人群将他赶走，此前他计划焚烧一本《古兰经》并游行到雪松-河滨社区——该社区是明尼阿波利斯索马里裔美国人最集中的区域。
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1月12日，明尼阿波利斯罗斯福高中的学生参加罢课活动。
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1月11日，美国边境巡逻局高级官员格雷戈里·博维诺——他一直在领导全国多个城市的移民打压行动——在圣保罗与一名媒体成员对峙。
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1月12日，明尼阿波利斯民众相拥，前往蕾妮·古德的临时纪念点。古德是一名37岁的美国公民，1月7日在一次遭遇中被ICE特工枪击身亡。国土安全部部长克里斯蒂·诺姆称，古德试图“用车作为武器”，特工开枪是出于自卫。州和地方官员对该说法提出了质疑。
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1月18日，归化美国公民钟利·陶（中文名斯科特）在圣保罗家中的移民突袭行动中被拘留。他后来在没有任何解释或道歉的情况下被释放，他告诉路透社。“我当时在祈祷，我在想，上帝啊，请帮帮我，我没有做错任何事。他们为什么要这么对我？我连衣服都没穿，”陶告诉路透社，他是出生在老挝的赫蒙族人。
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陶被从家中带走的第二天，他和儿子克里斯望着窗外，几辆载有ICE特工的车辆停在他们家外的街道上。
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1月21日，明尼阿波利斯一辆边境巡逻车发生车祸，社区成员注视着联邦特工拘留抗议者。
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1月7日，明尼阿波利斯民众聚集在蕾妮·古德被致命枪击的街区守夜。
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1月19日，示威者坐在圣保罗的一家塔吉特百货店内唱歌。塔吉特总部位于明尼阿波利斯，都会区约有50家门店。两名塔吉特员工在里奇菲尔德的一家门店被移民特工逮捕。
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1月15日，明尼阿波利斯一辆公共汽车的车窗上贴着纪念蕾妮·古德的海报。
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1月21日，联邦特工向一名男子喷洒化学药剂，地点为明尼阿波利斯。
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1月21日，一名男子从窗户吹口哨，边境巡逻指挥官格雷戈里·博维诺的车队驶过明尼阿波利斯。
伊夫林·霍克斯坦/路透社
1月9日，联邦特工将一名示威者带离惠普尔联邦大楼外。
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1月14日，一名抗议者试图保护自己，联邦特工向人群发射弹药和胡椒球。
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明尼阿波利斯民众1月7日在为蕾妮·古德设立的临时纪念点点燃蜡烛。
戴维·古滕费尔德/《纽约时报》/雷德克斯图片社
明尼阿波利斯1月7日蕾妮·古德致命枪击事件现场，一辆汽车的头枕上留有血迹。
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联邦特工在1月24日致命枪击事件后的冲突中与抗议者对峙。当日早些时候，37岁的明尼阿波利斯居民亚历克斯·普雷蒂遭联邦特工枪击身亡。
戴维·古滕费尔德/《纽约时报》/雷德克斯图片社
民众聚集在明尼阿波利斯1月24日普雷蒂遇刺的临时纪念点周围。
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目前，缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯表示，该州的枪击事件“提出了足够多的关键问题”，她敦促国土安全部停止非紧急车辆拦截行动，国土安全部似乎已同意这样做。她与缅因州独立党参议员安格斯·金（与民主党党团合作）均呼吁强制配备随身摄像头，并禁止移民与海关执法局自行调查其内部事件。
但有一点已变得十分明确：特朗普政府的驱逐政策已经超出了美国人的接受底线。
2024年大选期间，美国人普遍支持驱逐非法移民，而在乔·拜登总统任期内非法移民人数激增后，这一问题助力特朗普重新当选总统。
2026年7月14日，缅因州斯卡伯勒，抗议者聚集在移民与海关执法局设施附近。
罗伯特·F·布卡蒂/美联社
但民调数据显示，美国人普遍认为政府的移民执法手段令他们反感——从错误驱逐，到未经正当程序将人员送往萨尔瓦多的严酷监狱，再到芝加哥和明尼阿波利斯等地的移民打压行动。普雷蒂被杀后，民调显示六成美国人认为移民与海关执法局“做得太过火了”。
而如今，在政府似乎已经摆脱这一政治包袱之际，这些执法手段再次成为新闻焦点。
Killings by immigration agents were a big problem for Trump — and now they’re back
2026-07-14T18:54:54.803Z / CNN
Analysis by Aaron Blake
PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2026, 2:54 PM ET
People place flowers at a memorial at the scene of an ICE shooting that killed a man on July 13, 2026, in Biddeford, Maine.
Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe/Getty Images
Few if any events in President Donald Trump’s second term have caused his administration to course correct as much as when federal agents killed two protesters against its immigration crackdown in Minneapolis in January.
Two top officials overseeing that crackdown have since departed, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and the administration tacitly acknowledged that things had gotten out of hand. Polling backed up just how bad the killings were for the administration.
But things are risking getting out of hand for the administration on this issue again — and at a pretty troubling time, politically.
After months of relative quiet when it came to major deportation controversies, federal agents have killed two people this month — one in Texas last week, then another in Maine on Monday.
As with the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the episodes appear primed to test not just Americans’ tolerance for Trump’s immigration agenda, but also the administration’s credibility. The Department of Homeland Security has routinely made dubious and even flatly false claims about such incidents, and questions about its accounts are popping up again.
Notably, in the most recent shooting death in Maine, DHS doesn’t even claim the man who was killed was threatening the lives of the officers — just that he was fleeing the scene and that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer was “fearing for public safety.” But that’s generally not a reason to shoot someone.
A Kia sedan reportedly driven by the victim of a fatal shooting can be seen with four bullet holes in the windshield at the scene on Pool Street in Biddeford on Monday, July 13, 2026.
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Blood is seen on the pavement at the scene of a shooting involving US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), on July 13, 2026 in Biddeford, Maine.
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So where does this issue stand politically?
It’s pretty clear that Minneapolis’ impact has lingered. That’s because, despite Trump’s demonstrated success in reducing illegal border crossings to historic lows, he remains substantially underwater on the issue of immigration.
A Reuters-Ipsos poll last month showed Americans disapproved of Trump on immigration, 55%-37%. And they said immigration policy was on the “wrong track” rather than the right one by a 51%-35% margin. Those numbers were very similar to where they were in the aftermath of Good’s and Pretti’s killings in a poll conducted in February.
Quinnipiac University polling showed Trump’s immigration numbers improving modestly since February — going from 21 points negative on immigration to 13 points negative last month. But he was still significantly underwater.
ICE, whose agents shot both people this month, also remained more unpopular than ever, even before these latest shootings in Texas and Maine.
People mourn during a vigil in San Antonio, Texas, on July 7, 2026.
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People protest outside of a federal immigration office in Scarborough, Maine, on July 14, 2026, after a man was fatally shot by ICE.
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A Marquette Law School poll in May showed Americans had an unfavorable view of ICE by a wide margin, 61%-36%.
That roughly 6 in 10 who disapproved of ICE was similar to what other pollsters found in January, in the aftermath of Good’s and Pretti’s killings.
And even just having ICE back in the news would seem to be bad for the Trump administration given the agency’s longstanding unpopularity. In fact, polling as far back as a year ago — well before the Minneapolis killings — showed ICE hitting what was then new levels of unpopularity.
In other words, Americans seem to have had a problem with how the administration has carried out its deportations for a long time. The January killings appeared to raise the salience of that issue in ways that were unhelpful for the administration.
And that’s the political danger in the killings in Maine and Texas.
Ronaldo Salgado holds a photograph of his father, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was fatally shot by an ICE agent, during a news conference, in Houston, Texas, on July 8, 2026.
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Much remains to shake out there, and the situations aren’t completely analogous to what happened in Minneapolis.
One key distinction is the lack of video footage as substantial as existed in Minneapolis, where many protesters were around to capture the events. The agents in both shootings this month don’t appear to have worn body cameras, despite efforts after Minneapolis to get such agents outfitted in them.
That footage in Minneapolis not only contradicted what the Trump administration had initially claimed about the killings; it led Americans to conclude by large margins that the immigration agents were at fault.
In pictures: The Minneapolis immigration crackdown
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Federal agents confront protestors in Minneapolis during clashes in the aftermath of a fatal shooting on January 24. Earlier in the day Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident, was shot and killed by federal agents.
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In pictures: The Minneapolis immigration crackdown
Mourners in Minneapolis light candles at a makeshift memorial for Renee Good on January 7.
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Blood is seen on the headrest of a vehicle at the scene of Renee Good’s fatal shooting in Minneapolis on January 7.
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Federal agents confront protestors in Minneapolis during clashes in the aftermath of a fatal shooting on January 24. Earlier in the day Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident, was shot and killed by federal agents.
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People gather around a makeshift memorial at the site where Pretti died in Minneapolis on January 24.
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A person walks toward a tear gas canister in Minneapolis on January 24.
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A woman cries at the makeshift memorial for Pretti on January 24. The Department of Homeland Security said Pretti had a handgun and “violently resisted” when agents tried to disarm him. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said videos show that account to be “nonsense” and “lies.”
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Thousands of people endure subzero temperatures on January 23 to march in protest of the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
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Teyana Gibson Brown reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before arresting her husband, Garrison Gibson, in Minneapolis on January 11.
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A protester holds an umbrella as they react to tear gas being fired by federal agents in Minneapolis on January 14.
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John Abernathy throws his camera toward fellow photographer Pierre Lavie as he is tackled by federal agents in Minneapolis on January 15. Abernathy was photographing protests in the city and said agents set tear gas in front of him and sprayed pepper spray into his face. The Department of Homeland Security said Abernathy was arrested for obstructing pedestrian and vehicle traffic on federal property.
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A demonstrator in downtown Minneapolis holds up a sign January 9 that reads, “Love thy neighbor.”
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An American flag is waved as protesters face off with agents outside of ICE headquarters in Minneapolis on January 17.
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Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, is detained by federal agents after arriving home from preschool in a Minneapolis suburb on January 20. He is being held with his father at an ICE facility in Texas, according to school district officials and a family attorney. The boy and his family are originally from Ecuador and presented themselves to border officers in Texas in December 2024 to apply for asylum, the family’s lawyer, Marc Prokosch, said during a press conference. The Department of Homeland Security said the father was the intended target of the operation.
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Food is left at an apartment door by Sergio Amezcua, a pastor at Dios Habla Hoy, on January 16. Minneapolis residents have joined a church-run effort to deliver donated groceries to immigrant families who fear leaving their homes.
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Aliya Rahman, a US citizen, is dragged from her car by federal agents after she was driving through a protest in Minneapolis on January 13. The Department of Homeland Security tweeted that she was arrested for obstruction after ignoring multiple commands to move her vehicle. Rahman told CNN she was confused by conflicting commands from officers and that she was just trying to go to a doctor’s appointment.
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Taylor Chaika holds an American flag while chanting with a crowd of protesters in Minneapolis on January 8.
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A demonstrator stands in front of law enforcement officers outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on January 15.
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Residents watch from their windows as federal agents sweep through the streets of Minneapolis on January 14.
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A protester has a chemical irritant sprayed directly into his face in Minneapolis on January 21. Minnesota Star Tribune photographer Richard Tsong-Taatarii, who captured the image, told CNN that a crowd of protesters became agitated after an ICE agent pushed a cyclist over. That’s when protesters began approaching agents more closely and yelling at them — and agents in turn started wrestling people to the ground, including the man Tsong-Taatarii photographed, he said.
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A person stands among a cloud of smoke from a riot-control grenade thrown by a federal agent in Minneapolis on January 12.
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Jake Lang, a right-wing influencer, is sprayed with water by a protester outside Minneapolis City Hall on January 17. Lang’s rally was cut short when the crowd chased him off before he could carry out his plan to burn a Qur’an and march to the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, home to the city’s highest concentration of Somali American residents.
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Students from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis take part in a walkout on January 12.
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Gregory Bovino, a top Border Patrol official who’s been leading the crackdown in cities across the country, confronts a member of the media in St. Paul on January 11.
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People hug in Minneapolis while visiting a makeshift memorial for Renee Good on January 12. Good, a 37-year-old US citizen, was killed when an ICE agent shot into her vehicle during an encounter on January 7. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Good tried to “weaponize her vehicle” and that the agent opened fire out of self-defense. State and local officials have disputed that claim.
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ChongLy Thao, a naturalized US citizen who goes by the name Scott, is detained after an immigration raid at his home in St. Paul on January 18. He was later returned home without explanation or apology, he told the Reuters news agency. “I was praying. I was like, God, please help me, I didn’t do anything wrong. Why do they do this to me? Without my clothes on,” Thao, a Hmong man born in Laos, told Reuters.
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Thao looks out the window with his son Chris as several vehicles with ICE agents idle in the street outside of their home a day after he was taken from his home.
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Community members look on as federal agents detain protesters at the scene of a car crash that involved a Border Patrol vehicle in Minneapolis on January 21.
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People gather for a vigil on the block in Minneapolis where Renee Good was fatally shot on January 7.
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Demonstrators sit and sing inside a Target store in St. Paul on January 19. Target is headquartered in Minneapolis and has roughly 50 stores in the metro area. Two Target employees were arrested by immigration agents at a store in Richfield.
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Posters honoring Renee Good are seen through the windows of a public bus in Minneapolis on January 15.
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Federal agents spray a chemical agent at a person in Minneapolis on January 21.
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A person whistles from a window as Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino’s convoy drives by in Minneapolis on January 21.
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Federal agents take a demonstrator into custody outside the Whipple Federal Building on January 9.
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A protester attempts to protect themselves as federal agents fire munitions and pepper balls in Minneapolis on January 14.
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Mourners in Minneapolis light candles at a makeshift memorial for Renee Good on January 7.
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Blood is seen on the headrest of a vehicle at the scene of Renee Good’s fatal shooting in Minneapolis on January 7.
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Federal agents confront protestors in Minneapolis during clashes in the aftermath of a fatal shooting on January 24. Earlier in the day Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident, was shot and killed by federal agents.
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People gather around a makeshift memorial at the site where Pretti died in Minneapolis on January 24.
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For now, Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says the shooting in her state “raises sufficient critical questions” that she urged DHS to stop non-urgent vehicle stops, which DHS appears to have agreed to do. And both she and Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, are calling to mandate body cameras and for ICE not to investigate itself.
But it’s become abundantly clear that the Trump administration has gone too far with its deportation agenda for Americans’ taste.
Americans broadly liked the idea of deporting undocumented immigrants during the 2024 campaign, and that issue spurred Trump back to the presidency after an influx of illegal immigration during President Joe Biden’s term.
Protesters gather near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Scarborough, Maine, on July 14, 2026.
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But Americans have routinely said the administration’s tactics have rubbed them the wrong way, according to polling — from wrongful deportations, to sending people without due process to a brutal prison to El Salvador, to the crackdowns in places like Chicago and Minneapolis. After Pretti’s killing, polls showed 6 in 10 Americans said ICE had gone “too far.”
And now, after the administration had seemed to move beyond a political liability, those tactics are back in the news.
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