Multiple Nevada U.S. officials issued statements regarding the shooting in Minneapolis on Saturday.
A federal immigration officer shot and killed a man, resulting in hundreds of protesters taking to the streets in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier.
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto says federal agents are being deployed to the city streets without any accountability.
“The Trump Administration and Kristi Noem are putting undertrained, combative federal agents on the streets with no accountability. They are oppressing Americans and are at odds with local law enforcement.” Senator Cortez Masto states.
She adds, “This is clearly not about keeping Americans safe; it’s brutalizing U.S. citizens and law-abiding immigrants. I will not support the current Homeland Security funding bill.”
Read Senator Cortez Masto’s full statement on her website.
Senator Jacky Rosen also joined the conversation by saying she believes what’s going on in Minneapolis cannot be normalized.
“As a member of the U.S. Senate, I have the responsibility to hold the Trump Administration accountable when I see abuses of power — like we are seeing from ICE right now.
“That is why I’ll be voting against any government funding package that contains the bill that funds this agency [ICE], until we have guardrails in place to curtail these abuses of power and ensure more accountability and transparency,” stated Senator Rosen.
Read the full statement from Senator Jacky Rosen by visiting her website.
Congressman Steven Horsford condemned the killing of the man, who was fatally shot by a federal immigration agent.
Congressman Horsford says, “No community should have to live in constant fear. What we are seeing in real time is a failure of judgment, training, and leadership, and it must end. Public safety is not defined by force alone. It requires trust, transparency, and respect for civil liberties, and it must be grounded in the fundamental value of human life.”
He also states, “That is why I am calling for a full, transparent investigation with state and local involvement: not a closed federal review conducted behind closed doors.”
To read the full statement, visit his website here.
