Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held a press conference in New York City on Thursday, a day after a woman was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota, causing widespread protests nationwide.
During her press conference, Noem revealed that she was not opposed to sending more ICE agents to Minneapolis if it was needed. “In Minneapolis, yesterday, you said the surge there would continue without directly saying if we could expect a surge in civil deportation enforcement,” a reporter asked.
“Can you reveal what a surge is?” the reporter continued. Noem declined to answer the question after stating that the information might put agents at risk.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis’ streets Thursday over the fatal shooting of a woman the day before by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded and elicited more scrutiny of enforcement operations across the country.
Hundreds of people protesting the shooting of Renee Good as she tried to drive away marched in freezing rain Thursday night down one of Minneapolis’ major thoroughfares chanting “ICE out now” and holding signs saying, “killer ice off our streets.” Protesters earlier vented their outrage outside of a federal facility that’s serving as a hub for the administration’s latest immigration crackdown on a major city.
The shooting in Portland, Oregon, took place outside a hospital Thursday afternoon and the conditions of the two people wounded were not immediately known. The FBI’s Portland office said it is investigating.