Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, has doubled down on her claim that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis was acting in self-defense and responding to an “act of domestic terrorism”. Noem also said that she was “not opposed” to sending additional federal agents to Minneapolis. At the news conference on Thursday, Noem said that she was “not opposed” to sending additional federal agents to Minneapolis “if necessary to keep people safe”. Following the shooting, Democratic leaders across Minnesota called for ICE agents to leave the state and have urged residents to “remain calm” and to protest peacefully. Protests against the shooting and ICE were held in cities across the US on Wednesday night.

Source: The Guardian January 09, 2026 03:02 UTC