The fatal shooting of two civilians in Minneapolis has reignited accusations that federal agents enforcing U.S. President Donald Trump's militarised immigration crackdown are inexperienced, under-trained and operating outside law enforcement norms. Minneapolis has become the latest epicenter of Trump's immigration crackdown — a top domestic priority this term — with the Department of Homeland Security's federal agents carrying out patrols and raids. "These untrained, masked agents aren't making communities safer — they're occupying cities, inciting violence, and violating the Constitution," wrote New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat, in a post on X. He added that dispatching Border Patrol agents to control crowds in Minneapolis "is just so far outside of their normal experiences. But we're using Border Patrol agents who just never have to encounter that," he continued.

Source: The Hindu January 27, 2026 03:39 UTC