Donald Trump is sending his hardline 'border czar' to Minnesota amid growing outrage over the second fatal shooting of a US citizen by immigration agents in Minneapolis in less than three weeks. The move comes as new bystander footage appears to contradict official accounts and raises fresh questions over how force is being used in the president's high‑profile immigration crackdown.
The White House is scrambling to contain the political and public fall‑out after the death of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday, following the earlier killing of 37-year-old Renee Good on 7 January. Both were US citizens. In each case, federal officials initially characterised the incidents as attacks on officers – and in each case, video filmed at the scene has suggested a very different story.
