Melissa's Musings(My opinionated view of life)

Gregory Bovino reportedly mocked US Minnesota attorney’s Jewish faith | Minnesota | The Guardian "Recently demoted border patrol official  Gregory Bovino  reportedly made mocking and sarcastic remarks about the Jewish faith of Minnesota’s US attorney, Daniel Rosen, during a phone call with prosecutors in the state earlier in January." More at above link.

Add what happened to Alex Pretti as latest shock to a haystack of last straws - Chicago Sun-Times Some are fancying that the administration dialing back rhetoric after the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis means we’ve turned a corner. We haven’t.  (More at link above)

Handling of Pretti investigation has some prosecutors on verge of quitting Federal prosecutors in Minneapolis have told U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen, the Trump administration appointee leading the office, that they feel deeply frustrated by the Justice Department’s response to the fatal shootings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by immigration officers and suggested that they could resign en masse, leaving the office unable to handle its current caseload, according to two officials familiar with the office. At least one prosecutor in the office’s criminal division has resigned since a meeting this week with Rosen during which the prosecutors aired their concerns, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a personnel matter that has not been made public. More at link above.

Judge questions why Trump administration still calling woman shot by Border Patrol a 'domestic terrorist' - Chicago Sun-Times

The State of Illinois Newsroom Gov. Pritzker Requests the Illinois Accountability Commission to Examine Key Trump Officials Following Bovino’s looming exit, Illinois will fight to hold Trump officials to account regardless of titles

The Border Patrol’s Legacy of Violence - The American Prospect The year is 1924, and the Immigration Act has just passed. The Ku Klux Klan is in its heyday. White supremacists use both the law and vigilante action to maintain racial hierarchy and outright push nonwhite people out of the country. This is the environment in which the Border Patrol was founded. A century later, the agency, which is under the umbrella of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), is playing a major role alongside Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda. This was perhaps never clearer than last Saturday, when two Border Patrol agents shot and killed VA nurse and observer Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.   Read more at the title link above.

Nurse Alex Pretti's Death and the Symbolism of the Human Body | MedPage Today

One person in critical condition after being shot in incident involving Border Patrol in Arizona

ICE is the gang that couldn't keep its story straight

ICE Accountability Project

ICE Unloads - Ken Klippenstein “'The best they can do is shoot the guy in the back?” That’s not the voice of some liberal commentator. That’s what a homeland security officer told me this weekend, one of over half a dozen who have reached out to express their alarm over the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis and beyond." (Read more at title link above...)

Greg Bovino isn’t losing job despite report suggesting otherwise, DHS says

Alex Pretti and the pile of lies Trump wants you to believe | Opinion

Alex Pretti’s ICE murder is beyond politics. This is about good vs. evil. | Opinion

Dueling narratives about ICE detaining a 5-year-old in Minnesota | AP News "School officials said other adults at the scene offered to care for the boy but were ignored by agents, including a neighbor who said they had papers authorizing her to take care of Liam on behalf of the parents." (Read more at the above link...)

Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence - Chicago Sun-Times

Physician's Sworn Affidavit Says Alex Pretti Was Shot in the BACK  "As I approached, I saw that the victim was lying on his side and was surrounded by several ICE agents. I was confused as to why the victim was on his side, because that is not standard practice when a victim has been shot. Checking for a pulse and administering CPR is [sic] standard practice. Instead of doing either of those things, the ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds." (Read more by clicking on the title of the article above.)

Republican Governor rips Trump for 'MURDER' in Minneapolis as GOP erupts at ICE scandal | Daily Mail Online

Maine GOP Senator Susan Collins reacts to ICE shooting. What she said

After Minneapolis killing, GOP calls grow for investigation into ICE tactics - CSMonitor.com

Support For Abolishing ICE Surges Among Republicans - Newsweek

Yes, it’s fascism   Opinion by  Jonathan Rauch   "U ntil recently , I resisted using the F-word to describe President Trump." "I accepted President Biden’s characterization of the MAGA movement as “ semi-fascist ” because some parallels were glaringly apparent." " Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus.  Fascist  best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." (Read the entire piece by clicking the highlighted title above...)

Minneapolis DHS Shooting: Video Emerges of Moments Just Before Alex Pretti Killed - Newsweek "The man shot and killed by a Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) officer on Saturday appeared to be coming to the aid of another person who had been pushed by an officer before he was surrounded, pushed to the ground and shot multiple times."  (See the video and read more about this story at the headline link.)

Trump's ICE surge in Maine complicates life for GOP Sen. Susan Collins  "Earlier this month, Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R) said she did not see a need for ICE agents to swarm into her state, which has one of the smallest immigrant populations in the country. “I don’t see the rationale for a large number of ICE agents to come in,” she told HuffPost at the time." (Read more at the above link.)

Minneapolis ICE shooting: Renee Good's death ruled homicide by Hennepin Co. Medical Examiner Renee Good, 37, was fatally shot by Jonathan Ross, an ICE agent working in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge on Jan. 7

Man shot and killed in Minneapolis immigration crackdown | AP News Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said a 37-year-old man was killed but declined to identify him. He added that information about what led up to the shooting was limited. Soon at least seven officers surround the man. One is on the man’s back and another who appears to have a cannister in his hand strikes a blow to the man’s chest. Several officers try to bring the man’s arms behind his back as he appears to resist. As they pull his arms, his face is briefly visible on camera. The officer with the cannister strikes the man near his head several times. (Read more...)

Judge rules feds must release arrest data, video footage on conditions at Broadview ICE facility - Chicago Sun-Times

Video shows Border Patrol's Bovino tossing smoke canister at protesters in Minneapolis | AP News

Border Patrol detains 2-year-old, court orders her released Attorneys for the family say they were asylum-seekers who were pulled over without a warrant and did not have a final order for removal.

There’s ICE In Maine - Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

ICE Making List of Anyone Who Films Them

In 2026, ICE detainees are dying at an alarming rate

Army veteran says ICE agents detained him for hours without access to phone or attorney | 5newsonline.com

After ABC News story on Mischief Toy Store, ICE agents arrived

Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home

ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment

Inside Minnesota Hospitals, ICE Agents Unnerve Staff - The New York Times

ICE recruitment: How I got a job with the anti-immigrant police.

Important Update: Migrant Choked to Death by ICE Agents in Custody and ICE Tear-Gasses 6-Month-Old Baby as ICE Escalates Tactics

Leaked memo: “De-escalation is key” - Ken Klippenstein

Federal immigration agencies face backlash over private property raids | AP News That means people can legally refuse federal immigration agents entry into private property if the agents only have an administrative warrant. (Read more.)

Outdated and Dangerous | Brennan Center for Justice Antiquated laws from the 1700s and 1800s give the president tremendous power to use the military at home to quash protests and order mass arrests in times of war and domestic upheaval. These laws are overbroad, ripe for abuse, and at odds with the Constitution’s separation of powers and civil liberties. It’s past time for Congress to repeal the Alien Enemies Act, close loopholes in the Posse Comitatus Act, and reform the Insurrection Act. (Read more.)

Murder, I wrote - Eric Zorn: The Picayune Sentinel

Trump Ramps Up Greenland Threats, Miller Says ICE Agents Have 'Federal Immunity': Live Updates | HuffPost Latest News

The World Is Learning How to Live Without America Trump needs to comprehend that the world doesn't need the USA, but the USA needs the world.

Exclusive: Secret ICE Programs Revealed

ICE Stops You on the Sidewalk and Asks, “Are You a U.S. Citizen?” Know Your Rights.

Justice for Renee Nicole Good, one way or another

Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds on U.S. Citizens — ProPublica

Judge cites Minneapolis ICE shooting as she pauses dismissal of Chicago-area use-of-force lawsuit - Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot launches Ice Accountability Project

Renee Good shooting live updates: FBI bars state investigators from ICE inquiry | AP News

ICE Agents Can Be Charged With Murder - The American Prospect

Sen. Fine to file legislation barring ICE officers hired by Trump from state and local law enforcement jobs in Illinois - Evanston RoundTable

“You gonna murder someone else? You can’t kill us all, Nazis.”

Citizen video challenges the administration’s account of a fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis - Poynter

ICE Kills Unarmed American Woman in Minneapolis

PDX ICE/DHS License Plates

License Plates of Unmarked ICE Cars Tracked in Public Database