There’s something rotten in the state of Minnesota. There’s barely any traffic on the roads and footfall was slow when the Irish Examiner visited O’Donovan’s late last week. Mr Barnwell adds: “There’s not many Irish illegals here, so what’s happening now isn’t having that direct an impact. People mourn at a makeshift memorial in the area where 37-year-old Alex Pretti was shot dead by federal immigration agents earlier in the day in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Saturday. Mr Trump enflamed the situation in mid-January after alleging a billion-dollar fraud involving Somali immigrants, which are tens of thousands strong in Minnesota.

Source: Irish Examiner January 25, 2026 14:23 UTC