Border czar Tom Homan headed to Minnesota

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published January 26, 2026 at 10:04 AM MST

President Trump said on social media Monday that Border Czar Tom Homan will head to Minnesota, after a federal immigration agent killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti on Saturday in Minneapolis. Pretti was an intensive care unit nurse at a local veterans hospital.

It’s the second killing this month of a Minnesota resident by a federal agent in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Minnesota Public Radio’s Brian Bakst.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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