Closing summary
It’s 10.45pm in Minneapolis and we’re going to pause our live coverage in the aftermath of federal immigration officers’ fatal shooting of VA nurse Alex Pretti.
Here are the latest key developments – thanks for being with us.
Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, have described Saturday’s shooting of 37-year-old Pretti as “a heartbreaking tragedy” and “a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party”.
Bill Clinton joined the condemnation, saying the US was facing a historic moment that would shape it for years to come and urging Americans to speak out and “show that our nation still belongs to we the people”.
Calls for an investigation into the killing have come from all sides of the political divide, including Republicans such as Vermont governor Phil Scott and Nebraska senator Pete Ricketts, and the NRA and other pro-gun groups.
Minnesota governor Tim Walz has appealed to Donald Trump to withdraw federal agents from the state, imploring the president to “please show some decency”.
Trump blamed Democrats for causing “chaos” leading to the deaths of Pretti and of another US citizen in Minneapolis, Renee Nicole Good, on 7 January.
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Walz rejects Trump administration request to turn over state voter rolls – report
Minnesota governor Tim Walz has rejected the Trump administration’s call to repeal so-called sanctuary policies and share Medicaid, food assistance and voter data with the federal government to “bring an end to the chaos in Minnesota”, CNN is reporting.
“It’s not a serious attempt,” Walz said on Sunday.
Attorney general Pam Bondi sent a letter to Walz on Saturday urging him to repeal sanctuary policies and to allow the justice department’s civil rights division to access the state’s voter rolls, the report continues.
Donald Trump on Sunday repeated the demands – as we posted earlier – calling for Minnesota Democrats “to formally cooperate with the Trump administration to enforce our nation’s laws, rather than resist and stoke the flames of division, chaos and violence”.
CNN says other state officials criticised Bondi’s letter, with Minnesota secretary of state Steve Simon calling it “deeply disturbing”. Representative Ilhan Omar, who represents Minneapolis, claimed in a post: “This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.”
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