Three US citizens, Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and Keith Porter Jr., were shot and killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in January of this year. Along with this, Liam Conejo Ramos was one of millions of people deported by ICE this year, though some are not as “lucky” as him as most don’t return as he has. These highly publicized events are a result of an increased presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) being deployed into the city during the Trump administration’s Operation Metro Surge.
On Jan. 7, Renee Good, a 37-year-old woman, was shot by an ICE agent in her car in Minneapolis. The agent gave hostile orders to Good to move her car, and, trying to follow orders calmly, responded with, “That’s fine, dude, I’m not mad at you,” not knowing those would be her last words.
Prior to shots fired, ICE officers had been screaming at Good to stop and exit her vehicle, which was blocking traffic. As Good tried to move her vehicle, she was shot three times by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. The encounter was captured by cellphones and showed exactly what happened, including Ross yelling and swearing at Good and her attempts at cooperation. After Good’s death surfaced in the media, Kristi Noem, Homeland Security Secretary, claimed that Good was a “domestic terrorist,” and both Noem and Trump said that Ross had acted in self-defense.
Approximately two weeks later, on Jan. 24, Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, was shot multiple times by two US CBP (Customs and Border Protection) officers in Minneapolis. Pretti had been filming law enforcement agents as he interjected after an agent had pushed a woman to the ground. Multiple agents then tackled Pretti to the ground and pepper-sprayed him. Law enforcement at the time believed thatPretti was armed with a gun, something he was legally allowed to carry, although some sources say Pretti was only holding a phone. Agents appeared to have shot Pretti on the street roughly 10 times within 5 seconds. The Trump administration has defended the shooting and this has led to heavy criticism from both the Democratic and Republican parties and an increasing number of mass protests.
In another case, Keith Porter Jr., a 43-year-old man, was shot and killed by ICE on December 31, 2025, during a New Year’s Eve celebration. An off-duty ICE agent shot Porter outside his apartment building, claiming an act of defense against an “active shooter,” said the spokesperson for the US Department of Homeland Security, Tricia McLaughlin. There is no footage of the shooting, so much of it remains unclear, but family and friends say that Porter was not a threatening person. Porter was a father of two girls, a son, a brother, and a friend to many.
Liam Conejo Ramos is a 5-year-old boy who was taken along with his father by ICE after coming home from preschool on Jan. 20. He and his family took all proper and legal measures and followed strict protocol to gain US citizenship. Still, ICE continued to claim the family as “illegal aliens.” Ramos was the fourth child taken by ICE from his school district within two weeks, according to the Columbia Heights School District. The father has no criminal background and poses no threat, but was still targeted by ICE.
As ICE becomes increasingly prevalent in US cities under the Trump Administration, the nation will have to wait and see how negative public opinion affects agent deployment and immigration rates. All these stories share a common theme of ICE and government departments not taking responsibility for their actions. Millions more stories like these exist across the country and will only continue to become more prevalent. Stop ICE.
