Despite snow and bone-chilling cold, hundreds showed up at Colorado Springs City Hall midday Sunday to participate in a quickly announced protest in the wake of Alex Pretti’s killing the day before by a Border Patrol agent during a large-scale Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in Minneapolis. Pretti was the second person killed by ICE in Minneapolis this month; Renee Good was killed about three weeks ago. Both Good and Pretti had Colorado ties.
A few suggested reads to learn more about the killing and the ICE operation in Minneapolis:
From The Conversation:
ICE immigration tactics are shocking more Americans as US-Mexico border operations move north
From the BBC:
Who was Alex Pretti, the intensive care nurse shot dead in Minneapolis?
From The Atlantic:
Yes, it’s fascism
Jan 26, 2026: This story was updated to reflect that the agent who killed Pretti has been identified as a Border Patrol agent.
