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Public disputes concerning immigration, border policy, detention, removal proceedings, residence status, and enforcement.
Counts show individual statements. They do not assign an overall position.
2 statements on this page. Dates: January 7, 2026 to January 24, 2026
2 matching statements. Dates: January 7, 2026 to January 24, 2026
2 published statements. Dates: January 7, 2026 to January 24, 2026
2 published statements. Dates: January 7, 2026 to January 24, 2026
2 statements on this page. Dates: January 7, 2026 to January 24, 2026
Role at the time: Mayor of Minneapolis
Statement summary
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, speaking hours after the shooting, asked how many more people needed to die or be hurt before Operation Metro Surge ended.
“How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?”
Reports Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's statement at a news conference hours after Pretti's shooting, questioning how many more people needed to be killed or hurt before Operation Metro Surge ended.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Frey frames Pretti's death as evidence the operation itself is causing preventable deaths and injuries, condemning the enforcement conduct that led to the shooting rather than excusing or minimizing it.
Role at the time: Mayor of Minneapolis
Statement summary
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the shooting of Renée Good was the result of a federal agent recklessly using power, rejecting DHS's self-defense account.
“This was a federal agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying.”
Official City of Minneapolis statement issued the day of the shooting, quoting Mayor Jacob Frey's response to the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman near East 34th Street and Portland Avenue by a federal immigration agent.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Frey directly characterizes the agent's use of deadly force as reckless rather than justified, a substantive condemnation of the conduct at issue, not merely a dispute over labeling.
