With throngs of people in Minnesota protesting the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge, President Donald Trump and some of his allies repeatedly described the protesters as paid. Evidence shows a large volunteer protest movement in the Twin Cities.

Pretti was legally carrying a gun that was never drawn before he was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent Saturday.

This lawless police force is committing crimes all across the country,” said Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible.

Thousands of protesters braved freezing temperatures in Clive on Tuesday to denounce what they describe as increasingly aggressive — and deadly — immigration enforcement under the Trump administration.

Roads near the site where Pretti was killed have reopened after a night of "overwhelmingly calm and peaceful" protest activity, according to the city of Minneapolis. No arrests were made, there were no reports of burglaries or fires, and the Minnesota National Guard will depart the area, the city said.

While speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Trump threw cold water on a description from White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller that Alex Pretti — the 37-year-old intensive care nurse who was killed by a U.S. Border Patrol officer on Saturday — was acting like an “assassin.”

The president's comments come three days after Pretti was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis

An Alabama grandmother’s unconventional protest against Donald Trump has landed her in legal trouble. As multiple people participated in the No Kings protests in October 2025, 61-year-old Jeana Renea Gamble took it one step further.

President Donald Trump and Gov. Tim Walz spoke on the phone on Monday after many Minnesota leaders called for de-escalation.