The 37-year-old killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Saturday is the fifth person to be shot and killed by federal immigration officers since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term.In at least 19 incidents, federal immigration officers have fired guns at civilians under Trump’s immigration enforcement crackdown. In addition to the five killed, at least eight have been injured.A Get the Facts Data Team analysis of data collected by The Trace found that in at least 35 other incidents, immigration agents held people at gunpoint but did not shoot. At least 15 times, immigration agents have fired nonlethal weapons — including tasers, rubber bullets and pepper balls — at people. These numbers are likely an undercount, according to The Trace, as not all shootings and nonlethal weapons incidents are publicly reported. Additionally, it is difficult to determine whether the number of gun-related incidents is up, as there are delays in how often federal data is updated.The most recent Department of Homeland Security report shows that in the fiscal year 2023, Customs and Border Protection agents were involved in 18 firearm-related use-of-force incidents. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were involved in five. Others have been killed during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown beyond the five killed by guns.The latest shooting occurred just over a mile away from where 37-year-old Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent on Jan. 7. Her death has sparked widespread protests and outrage in the Twin Cities.PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=
The 37-year-old killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Saturday is the fifth person to be shot and killed by federal immigration officers since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term.
In at least 19 incidents, federal immigration officers have fired guns at civilians under Trump’s immigration enforcement crackdown. In addition to the five killed, at least eight have been injured.
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A Get the Facts Data Team analysis of data collected by The Trace found that in at least 35 other incidents, immigration agents held people at gunpoint but did not shoot.
At least 15 times, immigration agents have fired nonlethal weapons — including tasers, rubber bullets and pepper balls — at people.
These numbers are likely an undercount, according to The Trace, as not all shootings and nonlethal weapons incidents are publicly reported.
Additionally, it is difficult to determine whether the number of gun-related incidents is up, as there are delays in how often federal data is updated.
The most recent Department of Homeland Security report shows that in the fiscal year 2023, Customs and Border Protection agents were involved in 18 firearm-related use-of-force incidents. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were involved in five.
Others have been killed during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown beyond the five killed by guns.
The latest shooting occurred just over a mile away from where 37-year-old Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent on Jan. 7. Her death has sparked widespread protests and outrage in the Twin Cities.
