Pritzker urges 'unified response' from Democrat, Republican governors after Border Patrol shoots armed man
After a Border Patrol officer fatally shot an armed individual in Minneapolis on Saturday, Democratic governors outside the state jumped to echo Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's condemnation of the Trump...
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After a Border Patrol officer fatally shot an armed individual in Minneapolis on Saturday, Democratic governors outside the state jumped to echo Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's condemnation of the Trump administration. "Masked federal agents in Minnesota just shot and killed another person. We must put a stop to Trump’s ICE. Now. Stop the funding, stop the occupations, stop the killings," Democrat Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said on X. "I am asking my fellow Republican and Democratic Governors across the nation to have a unified response," he said in a follow-up post. "We must all stand against the lawlessness being inflicted in our states." Kathy Hochul , the Democrat governor of New York, also weighed in on X. ANTI-ICE AGITATORS DISRUPT MINNESOTA CHURCH, SHOUT DOWN WORSHIPPERS DURING SUNDAY SERVICE "Another horrific outcome from a federal operation that has clearly spun out of control," she said. "Americans have had enough of lawless conduct masquerading as enforcement. President Trump is responsible for putting a stop to it." In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, Walz called immigration officers "untrained." "I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening," Walz said. "The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now." At a press conference later Saturday, Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino said the officer involved in the shooting was "highly trained" and had been serving as a Border Patrol agent for 8 years. Bovino said Department of Homeland Security (DHS) law enforcement officers were conducting an operation targeting Jose Huerta-Chuma, an illegal alien with a criminal history including domestic assault to intentional conflict bodily harm, disorderly conduct and driving without a valid license, early Saturday morning. During the operation, another individual approached U.S. Border Patrol agents with a nine-…