This statement can be attributed to Wendy Chun-Hoon, president and executive director of the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) 

January 7, 2026, Washington, D.C. – Today’s shooting of an unarmed woman by ICE agents in Minneapolis is only the latest tragic fatality to result from the Trump Administration’s aggressive and reckless immigration enforcement activities. The 37-year-old was killed as ICE was launching a crackdown that surged approximately 2,000 agents into the city. As a direct result of ICE activity, yet another person was needlessly ripped away from their loved ones and community because of the actions of this administration. 

On the first day of President Trump’s second term, he signed an executive order beginning his deportation agenda, including strengthening the capacity for officers to conduct immigration enforcement actions with little to no limitations and increasing collaboration between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and local police officers. The administration and Congress have given, and continue to give, ICE exorbitant resources to conduct indiscriminate immigration enforcement in the name of “safety,” but the reality is these policies have devastating consequences for communities, regardless of immigration status. 

The evidence of harm since the beginning of Trump’s second term is clear: this is not the first fatal shooting since January 20, 2025, thousands more have been deported (including U.S. citizens), a record number of people have died in ICE detention, families have been torn apart, and entire communities have been thrust into confusion and chaos.  

The administration’s crusade against immigrants has violent and deadly consequences. We must reject ICE’s deportation and terrorism campaign if we want our communities to be truly safe. 

As an organization advocating for immigrant children and their families, CLASP abhors this tragedy and calls for Congress and state and local officials to hold this administration accountable for the irreversible harm they have caused.