Shooting deaths climb in Trump's mass deportation effort
Shooting deaths climb in Trump's mass deportation effort Nation Jan 29, 2026 Outrage has grown nationwide over the violent and sometimes deadly tactics used by federal immigration officers in communities across the country. Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis, billed by the Department of Homeland Security as the largest immigration enforcement operation ever, has resulted in three shootings in the first month of 2026. The killing of Alex Pretti on Jan. 24 by federal officers under U.S. Customs and Border Protection is at least the fourth shooting fatality linked to immigration enforcement since Trump returned to the Oval Office. At least eight other shootings have led to injury, according to a PBS News review of news coverage, as well as tallies from The Trace , NBC News and The Washington Post. The Trump administration, which has rushed to defend officers' actions often before full evidence is available, faces bipartisan pressure in ...