Minnesota Fraud and Federal Crackdown

Jose Huerta Chuma, the immigrant federal agents had been targeting in the Twin Cities operation, told investigators he watched officers tackle Alex Pretti — who bystander video appears to show holding only a phone — before agents opened fire; a CBP Office of Professional Responsibility memo to Congress confirms two federal officers fired, notes an agent shouted “He’s got a gun!” and says a pistol was later recovered but does not allege Pretti brandished it. The shooting occurred amid a roughly 2,000‑agent DHS surge in Minneapolis that has provoked large protests, a politically fraught, largely federal investigation that sidelined state authorities, and administrative leave for the officers involved.