In the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti, elected officials across the country are taking steps to hold federal immigration agents accountable if they overstep their lawful authority in local jurisdictions.
Fresno, California, Mayor Jerry Dyer, a former police chief, said during a Wednesday press conference at the start of the U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting that the mayors group is asking the Trump administration to hold federal immigration agents accountable and “make sure that they’re getting the training that they need to go out and do their job effectively to become a welcomed presence in neighborhoods.”
“Quite frankly, I think that ship has sailed right now,” Dyer said, “and we need to take a breath in America and maybe cause [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] to pull back, regroup, retrain and then maybe approach us from a different stance. And I think from a mayor’s perspective, we have to make sure that we have that voice heard.”…