"I was sitting with Trygve Olsen, a big man in a wool hat and puffy vest, who lifted his phone to show me a text with the news. It was his 50th birthday, and one of the coldest days of the year. I asked him whether he was doing anything special to celebrate. "What should I be doing?" he replied. "Should I sit at home and open presents? This is where I'm supposed to be.""
"The man who had been shot-fatally, we later learned-was Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who had been recording agents outside a donut shop. Officials at the Department of Homeland Security claimed that he had threatened agents with a gun; videos of the shooting show him holding only his phone when he is pushed down by masked federal agents and beaten, his licensed sidearm removed from its holster by one agent before another unloads several shots into his back."
Federal immigration agents deployed to Minnesota triggered fear and concealment among immigrants, prompting many families to avoid leaving home. A fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse recording agents, occurred after masked agents pushed him down and a gun was taken before shots were fired, intensifying community alarm. Iglesia Cristiana La Viña Burnsville organized large-scale food distribution, handing out roughly 2,000 packages to families too afraid to go out. Community volunteers, including the Latin American Motorcycle Association, assisted in distribution. Pastor Miguel Aviles reported many recipients have pending asylum cases and remain in hiding amid heightened enforcement.
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