Voter support for Trump’s immigration strategy is eroding, and the GOP knows it

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Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a reliably Republican Texas state Senate district in a special election.

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Renee Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE officer during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis.

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Chuck Schumer is the Senate's top Democrat.

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Patty Murray is the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Alex Pretti, who was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, was a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse.

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Trump is deploying Homan to the Minneapolis region.

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Rep. Andrew Garbarino is the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.

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Alex Pretti was fatally shot by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis.

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A massive immigration crackdown in Minnesota has sparked calls from Democrats and some Republicans for reform at the Department of Homeland Security.

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Several legislators have called for the ouster of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

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Federal officers shot and killed two people in Minneapolis.

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Democrats remained in unified opposition on the funding package last Thursday.

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The Senate agreed to split the DHS bill from the rest of the funding package to be voted on as a separate measure.

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The funding package has returned to the House for a vote on the DHS bill split.

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A partial government shutdown began when funding expired at midnight on Friday.

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Most Republicans remain opposed to the Democrats' demands on warrants, body cameras, and masks for immigration officers.

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President Trump won the Texas state Senate district that Rehmet flipped by 17 points in 2024.

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Democrats are threatening another government shutdown.

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Until the Minneapolis shooting, congressional Republicans had backed President Trump's deployment of federal agents and National Guard troops to U.S. cities.

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Hundreds of videos have shown federal agents deployed to U.S. cities using pepper spray, shoving, punching, and kicking protesters.

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The protesters being confronted by federal agents have been recording the agents' actions on video.

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Federal agents shot Alex Pretti after discovering he was carrying a gun for which he held a valid permit.

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James Comer is the House Oversight Chairman and a Kentucky Republican.

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Garbarino requested public testimony from top immigration officials.

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Thom Tillis is a retiring U.S. Senator.

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Michael McCaul is a Texas Republican Representative.

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Bill Cassidy is a Senate Republican from Louisiana.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune had not publicly commented on Alex Pretti's killing.

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Democratic opposition to the spending package could affect funding for the Departments of Homeland Security, Defense, Labor, Education, State, Treasury, and Health and Human Services.

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None of the Republicans who spoke publicly on Sunday about the Minneapolis shooting mentioned the looming government shutdown fight.

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The U.S. House of Representatives passed the federal spending bill on Thursday.

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The U.S. House of Representatives left Washington, D.C. and was not scheduled to return until after the January 30 government shutdown deadline.

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Any changes to the spending legislation, including stripping Department of Homeland Security funding, would require the House of Representatives to return to Washington and vote on a new bill.

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Video evidence contradicts the White House's accusation that Alex Pretti impeded the work of Border Patrol.

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The federal spending legislation needs votes from at least seven Democratic senators to pass the U.S. Senate.

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Several moderate Democratic senators announced Saturday that they would oppose the federal spending bill.

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Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen, Democratic senators from Nevada, each voted to end the previous government shutdown.

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All but seven Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted against the Department of Homeland Security spending bill.

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Many Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives are seeking body camera requirements and other restraints on raids by ICE and Border Patrol agents.

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The protesters shown in the videos have stayed largely peaceful.

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James Comer, House Oversight Chairman, defended federal immigration agents on Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures.

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Andrew Garbarino has requested public testimony from top immigration officials.

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President Trump signed a tax bill that includes additional funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol.

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The ICE agent who killed Renee Good had stopped her for partly blocking a street with her car.

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The spending deal includes provisions reversing Trump cuts to medical research, foreign aid, education grants and mass transit.

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There were five shootings in January 2026 involving federal agents conducting U.S. immigration enforcement.

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The fatal shooting of Minnesota woman Renee Good was one of the five January 2026 immigration-enforcement shootings.

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At least six immigrants died in U.S. federal immigration detention in January 2026.

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The Trump administration budgeted $170 billion for immigration agencies through September 2029.

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Minneapolis became the focus of President Trump's immigration crackdown in January 2026.

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Approximately 3,000 federal agents were deployed to Minneapolis as part of the January 2026 immigration crackdown.

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Thousands of protesters demonstrated in Minneapolis on Friday, January 23, 2026, despite sub-zero temperatures.

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Many people arrested during the January 2026 immigration crackdown were detained solely for possible civil immigration violations.

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Local leaders challenged the Department of Homeland Security's account of the Alex Pretti shooting.

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Bystander videos verified by Reuters show federal agents pepper spraying Alex Pretti and other protesters while Pretti filmed the agents with his cellphone.

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No weapon is visible in the Reuters-verified bystander videos of the Alex Pretti shooting.

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Multiple federal agents wrestled Alex Pretti to the ground.

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross fired into Renee Good's vehicle, resulting in her death.

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The Department of Homeland Security has not presented evidence linking Renee Good to terrorism, despite Secretary Noem's 'domestic terrorist' characterization.

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Video shows that ICE officer Jonathan Ross fired his weapon as Renee Good's car moved past him.

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Federal agents were involved in three other shootings during January 2026 immigration enforcement actions, in addition to the Pretti and Good shootings.

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A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a Venezuelan man and a Venezuelan woman in Portland, Oregon, the day after Renee Good's death.

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The U.S. Justice Department charged Luis Nino-Moncada with assaulting an officer.

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Yorlenys Zambrano-Contreras pleaded guilty to entering the United States illegally in 2023.

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On January 15, 2026, an ICE agent shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg in Minneapolis.

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At least six people have died in ICE detention centers since the start of 2026.

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At least 30 people died in ICE custody in 2025.

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Geraldo Lunas Campos, a Cuban immigrant, died in ICE detention.

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Federal authorities provided shifting accounts of the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos in ICE detention.

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The deaths of the Nicaraguan detainee and the Mexican detainee on January 14, 2026 remain under investigation.

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Immigration detention reached record levels under the Trump administration by early January 2026.

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Approximately 43 percent of immigration detainees picked up by ICE had no criminal charge or conviction.

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Alex Pretti was a U.S. citizen.

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Court documents unsealed presented an account of the Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis shooting that differs from DHS's initial account.

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The Trump administration is ramping up immigration enforcement.

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The Border Patrol agent's gunfire in Portland, Oregon wounded Luis Nino-Moncada and his passenger, a Venezuelan woman.

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Court documents, including an FBI affidavit, regarding the Sosa-Celis shooting were unsealed this week.

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A bystander video verified by Reuters shows multiple agents struggling on the ground with Alex Pretti and appearing to strike him before a shot was fired.

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The verified video shows Alex Pretti falling down after the shot, followed by multiple additional shots.

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Sosa-Celis is a Venezuelan immigrant.

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The Minneapolis shooting added to a mounting death toll from Trump's immigration push this month.

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One agent then draws his weapon.

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Multiple shots can be heard in the videos.

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Trump has deployed federal agents and National Guard troops to U.S. cities as part of his immigration crackdown.

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Until the events described, congressional Republicans had backed Trump's deployment of federal agents and National Guard to U.S. cities.

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Hundreds of videos have shown federal agents using pepper spray, shoving, punching, and kicking protesters.

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The protesters shown in these videos have been recording the agents' actions.

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The House of Representatives plans to be absent from Washington next week, ahead of the January 30 funding deadline.

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Brian Fitzpatrick is a Republican U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania.

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Tom Suozzi is a Democratic U.S. Representative and Fitzpatrick's colleague.

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Fitzpatrick and Suozzi sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Tuesday.

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The letter asked to discuss immigration reforms.

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Newsweek reached out to Fitzpatrick's and Suozzi's press teams via email on Tuesday for comment.

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A shooting in Minneapolis left Venezuelan migrant Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis injured during an attempted detention.

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Democrats have repeated calls for ICE to leave Minnesota and communities nationwide.

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DHS announced Operation Metro Surge in the Minneapolis area in December.

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DHS has since brought in thousands of federal immigration enforcement officers to the Minneapolis area.

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Some Republicans have broken party ranks to criticize the Trump administration's immigration efforts and federal agents' use of force in Minnesota.

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Fitzpatrick and Suozzi are co-chairs of the Problem Solvers Caucus.

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The letter lays out five proposals.

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One proposal in the letter is to secure the border.

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One proposal in the letter is to amend the asylum system.

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One proposal in the letter is to provide legal protections to millions of immigrants.

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One proposal in the letter is to strengthen police-community relations.

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One proposal in the letter is to require that all federal law-enforcement-involved shooting incidents undergo independent investigation.

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The letter also seeks collaboration on police-community relations.

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Greg Bovino is the chief of the U.S. Border Patrol.

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Trump announced a series of updates on federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota.

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Tom Homan is the U.S. border czar.

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Tim Walz is the Governor of Minnesota.

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Jacob Frey is the Mayor of Minneapolis.

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John Curtis is a Republican U.S. Senator from Utah.

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Ted Cruz is a Republican U.S. Senator from Texas.

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Mark Zito is the special agent in charge of HSI St. Paul.

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Mark Zito filed a sworn declaration in court on Monday.

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Pennsylvania Senator Dave McCormick has called for an investigation into the Minneapolis shooting.

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Nebraska Senator Pete Ricketts has called for an investigation into the Minneapolis shooting.

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Texas Representative Michael McCaul has called for an investigation into the Minneapolis shooting.

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Former Vice President Mike Pence has called for an investigation into the Minneapolis shooting.

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Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski has called for an investigation into the Minneapolis shooting.

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Kansas Senator Jerry Moran has called for an investigation into the Minneapolis shooting.

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House Judiciary Committee Democrats set a February 2 deadline for the Justice Department to turn over records related to the Pretti and Good cases.

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Multiple congressional committees requested testimony from DHS and immigration agency leaders.

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