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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Has Donald Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Reached a Crisis Point?

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

News, Society & Culture

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Another shooting in Minneapolis further polarizes the debate over President Trump's authorization of ICE operations in Minnesota. Can state and federal government officials work together before there is more chaos and violence in the streets? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

0:40.6

Another shooting in Minneapolis on Saturday further polarizes the debate over President Trump's immigration enforcement.

0:48.0

Alex Prettie, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was shot by immigration and customs enforcement agents as he sought to film

0:56.8

their actions on a Minnesota street on Saturday morning. The administration calls him a,

1:02.3

quote, domestic terrorist, but the videos of the event suggest he posed little or no threat

1:08.3

to the agents, even as he did carry a concealed firearm.

1:12.6

President Trump said Sunday that he wants a thorough investigation into the shooting,

1:17.1

even as he denounced Minnesota's Democratic governor and Minneapolis mayor for inciting the protests.

1:24.2

Welcome to Potomac Watch.

1:25.5

I'm Paul as you go here today with my colleagues, Colin

1:29.0

Levy and Kyle Peterson. Let's listen first to DHS Secretary Kristy Noem, talk about the event on Saturday.

1:38.3

But we do know that he came to that scene and impeded a law enforcement operation, which is against

1:44.0

federal law. It's a felony.

1:45.8

When he did that interacting with those agents, when they tried to get him to disengage, he became

1:53.0

aggressive and resisted them throughout that process. These officers used their training, followed

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