As the videos of the situation sow, Pretti had a phone in one hand filming ICE actions and his other raised and open. Such is the way of authoritarianism — and where military or paramilitary forces become police, eventually the people become the enemy. Minnesota is on the brink, as outlined by our reporter Sean Murray, who has been covering the situation first hand. Yet it increasingly seems, and feels, like Minnesota may end up the spark that ignites something far more. As it is, there are reports of militias being set up as sort of local defence chapters against ICE.

Source: Irish Examiner January 26, 2026 16:29 UTC