"Abolish ICE"

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🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Federal agents killed a second civilian observer in Minneapolis this weekend. Now, the Trump administration is feeling the political pressure. This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto and Miles Bryan with help from Ariana Aspuru, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Andrea Lopez-Cruzado, engineered by David Tatasciore and Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Noel King. A makeshift memorial for Alex Pretti after he was shot dead by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis. Photo by Octavio JONES / AFP via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Renee Goods' last words, that's fine, dude, I'm not mad at you, to ICE agents, one of whom killed her.
0:06.8	Alex Preti's last words, according to bystanders, are you okay to a woman he tried to shield from Border Patrol agents?
0:13.8	After their deaths, federal officials painted the two Minnesota protesters as radicals.
0:18.0	This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.
0:24.3	If you look at what the definition of domestic terrorism is, it completely fits the situation
0:29.3	on the ground.
0:30.1	The feds, in part because they spoke before investigations even began, have lost control
0:35.5	of their narrative. President Trump seems to have copped on.
0:38.2	He said today he's sending his border czar Tom Homan to Minneapolis and that Homan will report
0:43.1	directly to him. Homan famously dislikes Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol chief, who has, along
0:48.2	with Christine Nome, become the public face of the catastrophe in Minneapolis. Coming up on today,
0:53.0	explained, ICE, lies, and Videotape.
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