People hold signs outside the Trump tower in New York as they participate in a protest organised by Rise and Resist against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities and the US intervention in Venezuela. Photo / Timothy A. Clary, AFPPeople hold signs outside the Trump tower in New York as they participate in a protest organised by Rise and Resist against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities and the US intervention in Venezuela. Photo / Timothy A. Clary, AFPUnited States Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem today accused Democrats of encouraging violence against immigration officers, as anger festered over the killing of a woman by a federal agent in Minneapolis. “They’ve inflamed the public. They’ve encouraged the kind of destruction and violence that we’ve seen in Minneapolis the last several days.”

Source: New Zealand Herald January 11, 2026 20:26 UTC