Democrats, DHS and Alex Pretti

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Dems Say They Will Block Funding Bill That Includes Money for DHS After Federal Agents Kill Alex Pretti
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Saturday evening that Democrats would “not provide the votes” for a government funding bill this week if appropriations for the Department of Homeland Securit...

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Growing number of Democrats vow to vote against DHS funding over Alex Pretti shooting in Minneapolis
Senate Dems could force gov’t shutdown over $64.4B DHS funding after Minneapolis shooting of Alex Pretti
The Latest: Democrats Vow to Oppose Homeland Security Funds After Minnesota Shooting
Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of a 37-year-old Minnesota man, a stand that increases the prospect of a pa...

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Democrats Embrace a Shutdown Fight They Wanted to Avoid
Republicans Call For Investigation After Federal Agents Kill Minneapolis Man
The Latest: Federal judge to hear arguments on Minnesota’s immigration crackdown after shootings
But the fatal shooting Saturday of Alex Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse, quickly prompted Democrats to take a more forceful stand.

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Republican Calls Are Growing for a Deeper Investigation Into the Fatal Minneapolis Shooting
Border Patrol commander and some agents expected to leave Minneapolis, AP source says

Alex Pretti, Renee Good shootings could push GOVT into shutdown; Dems take a call on ICE funding

Political tensions rise after the ICE shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Senate Democrats to resist DHS funding.

Democrats Were Set to Vote for More Funding for ICE. Then Federal Agents Killed Alex Pretti.

Watching federal agents gun down Alex Pretti seems to have changed a few Democrats' minds about more money for ICE.

Trump Deflects Blame For Alex Pretti's Killing, Monster Storm Pummels U.S.: Live Updates

The family of Renee Good, a poet and mother of three who was shot and killed by an ICE agent earlier this month, has issued a statement following the death of ICU nurse Alex Prett
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Fact-check: Trump officials’ statements about Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting by Border Patrol agent

Video footage of the fatal shooting of Minnesota resident Alex Pretti by a federal immigration officer contradicts Trump administration officials’ claims about the event. Since Pretti’s Jan. 24 killing in Minneapolis,