
President Donald Trump caused major backlash after making controversial comments about Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse who was killed by federal agents last weekend. Trump responded to a newly released video showing Pretti in a fight with masked agents days before his death, saying that Pretti’s “stock has gone way down.”
Pretti was a 37-year-old ICU nurse who worked at a veterans’ hospital. He was shot by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents on Saturday, January 24. When the shooting happened, Pretti was reportedly trying to help a female protestor off the ground. His death has increased anger across the country about immigration enforcement and Trump’s nationwide crackdown.