FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Saturday, January 24, 2026
CONTACT: Unai Montes, u.montes@peoplesaction.org (Bilingual) 310-962-7369
Washington, D.C. – People’s Action Executive Director Sulma Arias today denounced the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti and urged immediate action to defund ICE and border patrol and get ICE & border patrol out of Minnesota, Maine, and communities across the country:
“We are horrified by the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti by a group of border patrol agents, just days after the murder of Renee Good. People in Minnesota, Maine, and around the country want these violent, untrained, masked ICE and border patrol agents out of their communities. And we want ICE and Border Patrol’s funding cut so they can’t keep killing, abducting, and harassing our loved ones.
“The Senate is considering a bill right now that would increase ICE’s budget. In this context, that’s sickening. Senators must vote no. Every single person of good conscience must call their senators now and demand that they vote down the Homeland Security funding bill and get ICE and border patrol out now.
“For weeks, everyday people in Minnesota have refused to comply with the Trump administration’s assault on their freedoms. They have resisted in peaceful and nonviolent ways, and showed up to care for one another. Their courage and discipline have been heroic.
“This ongoing attack by Trump and the MAGA regime targets anyone they believe is an immigrant or is showing up in solidarity to protect one another. Minnesotans across races and origins, faiths and genders, however, will not let their courage and love for one another be shaken by the administration’s out-of-control campaign of lies, terror, and violence.
“It’s past time. ICE out now.”
Concerned people in Minnesota, Maine, and around the country are encouraged to use this toolkit to tell the Senate to vote down ICE funding this week.
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