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Rhian Lubin / The Independent:
Morale is plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports  —  While immigration officers support the Trump administration's goal of deporting undocumented migrants, many of them have grown ‘disillusioned’ with leadership's tactics, according to reports
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New York Times:
A Crisis of Confidence for ICE and Border Patrol as Clashes Escalate  —  Current and former officials describe growing frustration and disillusionment with the Trump administration's approach, even as they support the goal of immigration enforcement.  —  Oscar Hagelsieb spent nearly 25 years …
Politico:
'It's starting to turn against us': White House reckons with Minnesota fallout … Normally loyal Republicans criticized the president, a partial-government shutdown over Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactics seems possible, and polling shows that the president is losing ground on immigration …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
So what if Alex Pretti had a gun?  —  Increasingly, the Trump administration's defense of Alex Pretti's killing has come to center on the fact that he had a gun.  —  “We respect that Second Amendment right, but those rights don't count when you riot and assault, delay …
Washington Post:
The unjust killing of Alex Pretti marks a turning point in Trump's second term  —  Congress can step in to stop the president from overreaching on immigration.  —  The unjust killing of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse in Minneapolis, marks a turning point in President Donald Trump's second term.
Alex Pareene / Defector:
I Have A Great Idea For Retraining ICE Agents  —  The several thousand federal agents currently running rampant in the Twin Cities have so far achieved little in the way of legitimate law enforcement objectives, but they have been rather more successful at spreading mayhem and death.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Paul Krugman:
Was This a Murder Too Far?  —  The execution of Alex Pretti has made even some MAGA loyalists waver  —  In just a little over two weeks federal agents in Minneapolis have killed two innocent people in broad daylight.  Contrary to the Trump administration's lies, these were unjustified murders, pure and simple.
Radley Balko / The Watch:
Two cities under siege  —  Conservatives are fond of invoking the American Founding, the framers of the Constitution, and the principles that drove the fight for independence.  Those invocations have always been selective and opportunistic, but they've grown downright farcical …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
NBC News:
Alex Pretti's fatal killing was recorded on body-worn camera video, DHS says  —  Investigators are reviewing video of the shooting from multiple angles, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told NBC News.  —  Listen to this article with a free account
Associated Press:
In their words: Trump officials portray Pretti as an armed man intent on harming officers
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Leavitt distances Trump from Noem, Miller rhetoric on Pretti killing
Cameron McWhirter / Wall Street Journal:
Gun-Rights Groups Clash With Trump Officials Over Fatal Shooting of Armed Protester
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Newsweek
Emily Crane / New York Post:
Powerful House Republican suggests Trump consider pulling ICE out of Minneapolis after Alex Pretti shooting
Thomas Zimmer / Steady:
The People Struggle Against Tyranny
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Times:   ‘We Are Creating the Conditions for a Catastrophe’: Three Columnists on Minneapolis
Wall Street Journal:
Gregory Bovino to Leave Minnesota Imminently, Administration Officials Say  —  Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino will imminently leave Minnesota along with some of his agents, according to administration officials familiar with the matter.  —  Bovino had emerged as the public face …
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CNN:
Controversial Border Patrol chief and some agents expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday, sources say
Alex Oliveira / New York Post:
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, some agents pull out of Minneapolis in wake of Alex Pretti shooting
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Trump Couldn't Have Picked a More Incompetent Fool to Handle the Minnesota Situation  —  Border czar Tom Homan has been chosen to be the great de-escalator.  Yes, things are truly looking up.  —  The president is so worried about the fallout from ICE's killing spree in Minneapolis …
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Trump says Justice Department is investigating Ilhan Omar
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Republicans offer early support for Trump's Minnesota pivot
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
A Failure In Plain Sight  —  Who, if anyone, will acknowledge the obvious, and do something about it?  —  ∙ Paid  —  Here's the roll call for the Friday House vote to fund the Department of Homeland Security.  —  Look closely and you'll notice something telling.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Finya Swai / Politico:
Suozzi: ‘I failed’ when voting to pass DHS funding bill
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Even the big dick subreddit is mad about ICE  —  After immigration agents killed a second person in Minneapolis, anti-ICE sentiment has reached every corner of the internet — including adult subreddits. … “Fuck ICE first, second, third, and fourth.  Then worry about fucking me,” a Reddit post reads.
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Makena Kelly / Wired:
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
Discussion: Fortune
Kat Tenbarge / Wired:
Redditors Are Mounting a Resistance Against ICE
Discussion: Associated Press
Ben Terris / New York Magazine:
‘The Superhuman President’ … When I arrived at the Oval Office in December to talk to Donald Trump about his health, the president was standing next to a couple of men clutching pieces of paper labeled TALKING POINTS.  —  “These are two doctors,” Trump told me before I could ask a question.
Politico:
Trump, Bondi statements fuel legal case against Minnesota surge … Menendez declined to rule on the matter immediately and seemed to agonize over how to draw a line between legitimate federal law enforcement and an unconstitutional incursion on Minnesota's sovereignty.
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Max Rego / The Hill:
CEOs of Minnesota-based companies call for ‘peace and focused cooperation’
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Treasury cancels Booz Allen contracts  —  The Treasury Department on Monday said it would cancel 31 contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton, citing its failure to “ implement adequate safeguards” after a past employee leaked tax data, including President Trump's returns, to media outlets.
Discussion: Fortune, CBS News and Washington Times
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Wall Street Journal:
The Lawyer for the Agent Who Shot Renee Good Thinks ICE Has Gone Too Far  —  GOP candidate Chris Madel is dropping out of the Minnesota's governor's race, saying national Republicans ‘have made it nearly impossible’  —  ST. MICHAEL, Minn.—Chris Madel was distraught as he left …
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Trump's immigration approval drops to record low, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  American approval of U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policy fell to its lowest level since his return to the White House in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, with a majority of Americans saying his crackdown on immigration has gone too far.
Discussion: The Independent
Politico:
Rand Paul summons Trump immigration officials to testify after Minneapolis shooting  —  Sen. Rand Paul, chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, called on three top immigration enforcement officials to testify before his panel in the wake of Saturday's killing of a Minneapolis man by federal agents.
The Guardian:
Sepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World Cup  — Ex-Fifa boss shows support for boycott calls - Security concerns over tournament have risen  —  Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter on Monday suggested he supports fans boycotting World Cup matches in the United States this year due to security concerns.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The corporate enablers of the ICE crackdown  —  How Amazon, AT&T, and Citizens Bank are profiting from the administration's mass deportation campaign.  —  On Saturday morning, federal officers shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, in Minneapolis.
National Nurses United:
Week of action in honor of Alex Pretti, RN and all others killed by ice  —  It's happened.  Federal immigration agents have murdered one of our own, ICU registered nurse Alex Pretti, who saved veterans' lives at the Minneapolis VA. Pretti upheld his oath to advocate for and protect his patients …
Discussion: Orlando Weekly and Truthout
 
 
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Daniel Nichanian / Bolts:
In Criminal Justice Elections This Year, ICE Contracts Are on the Hot Seat
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Trump admin deports Iranians for first time since brutal crackdown on protests
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Emily Guskin / Reuters:
Americans largely at odds with Trump administration on immigration, ICE tactics: Polls
Discussion: Time, The Hill and The 19th
Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Education Department refers Minnesota trans athletes probe to Justice Department
Discussion: The Hill, 77 WABC and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
They ‘Had Done Everything Right.’ ICE Detained Them Anyway.
Discussion: 77 WABC
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Our Gettysburg Moment  —  1. Gettysburg  —  Neither the Union nor the Confederate army planned to engage at Gettysburg.
Discussion: Katie McGrady
Max Rego / The Hill:
Blanche says nobody thinks Alex Pretti's actions meet ‘legal definition of domestic terrorism’
Ta-Nehisi Coates / Vanity Fair:
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:
First Draft: Murder Inc.
Discussion: Raw Story and People
Jesse Coburn / ProPublica:
Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Lindsey Halligan is no longer employed by the Justice Department after departure from Virginia U.S. attorney's office
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
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New York Times:
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