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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Inga Parkel

Ex-Superman actor and Trump ally Dean Cain defends agents in Alex Pretti shooting

Dean Cain, best known for his portrayal of Superman in the Nineties TV classic Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, has spoken out in defense of the federal immigration officer who fatally shot ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis over the weekend.

Cain, 59, who announced last year that he was joining ICE to support President Donald Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown, addressed the tragedy in a recent interview, saying that while he didn’t know all the events leading up to the shooting, “I do know that law enforcement — certainly ICE and Border Patrol — have been under a tremendous amount of pressure and attacks.”

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