- The White House has denied any intention to cause injuries during the unrest in the US.
- The deaths of two people by ICE agents in Minneapolis sparked protests and riots.
- Trump ordered the ICE crackdown against the opposition of local officials and residents alike.
- The White House accused Democrats of fueling the Minnesota riots.
- Some of the federal agents are to leave Minneapolis after an agreement with the mayor.
The White House announced on Monday that President Donald Trump doesn’t want anyone to get hurt on America’s streets. Immediately Washington began to blame the Democrats for the riots, which broke out in the US after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents killed two people in Minneapolis. TASR informs about it according to the report of the AFP agency.
“No one in the White House, including President Trump, wants people to be injured or killed on America’s streets,” White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told reporters. At the same time, she described the death of 37-year-old American citizen Alex Pretti as a tragedy.
Pretti died Saturday after he was fatally shot by Border Patrol agents. Federal authorities say Pretti threatened the agents with a gun. However, in the published images, it can be seen that he was holding a mobile phone in his hand, which he used to film the agents. “We feel for the parents. As a mother, of course, I can’t even imagine such a loss,” Leavitt said.
Already on January 7, ICE agents fatally wounded the American Renée Good in Minneapolis. who allegedly tried to hit one of them with a car. That claim is disputed by videos from the scene, which show her vehicle evading the agent.
Trump ordered the intervention of ICE in Minneapolis against the will of local residents, which caused a wave of dissent, writes AFP. The spokeswoman of the White House blamed the riots on the Democrats. “The tragedy occurred as a result of the deliberate and hostile opposition of Democratic leaders in Minnesota,” Leavitt said, referring to diplomatic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. The spokeswoman claimed that elected Democrats are “spreading lies about federal law enforcement officers who risk their lives every day to rid the streets of the worst criminals” who have entered the country illegally.
In response to the Trump administration’s anti-immigration crackdown, Republican candidate Chris Madel has withdrawn his candidacy for governor of Minnesota. Frey said Monday after speaking with President Donald Trump that some of the federal agents will probably leave Minneapolis already on Tuesdaywrites the AP agency. The head of the White House praised the dialogue with the mayor, during which, according to him, great progress was made.
