ICE Officer Charged With Lying Over Minnesota Immigrant Shooting
An ICE officer who shot an immigrant in Minnesota is in federal custody on charges of lying to investigators. A federal prosecutor was reportedly fired after pursuing civil rights charges.
ICE Agent in Federal Custody After Lying to Investigators Over Minnesota Shooting
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot an immigrant in Minnesota has been taken into federal custody on charges of making false statements to investigators, Google News MT reports, citing sources familiar with the matter.
Federal prosecutors have charged the ICE agent with lying about the circumstances of the shooting, according to reporting by CBS News and The New York Times. The charges stop short of the more serious civil rights offences that at least one federal prosecutor had sought to pursue.
According to ProPublica, the Trump administration's Department of Justice blocked a more serious charge related to the shooting over the "strongest possible" objections from a federal prosecutor assigned to the case. That prosecutor was subsequently fired, sources told CBS News, after investigating the ICE officer for potential civil rights violations in connection with the Minnesota incident.
The precise details of the shooting — including when it occurred and the current condition of the victim — were not fully disclosed in the available reporting. No trial date has been set.
The case has drawn significant attention amid broader scrutiny of ICE enforcement operations across the United States. The DOJ's decision to limit the charges, and the dismissal of the prosecutor who pushed for stronger action, have prompted sharp criticism from legal observers and civil rights advocates.
The Supreme Court has separately been asked by the Trump administration to lift a court order blocking mail-voting restrictions, according to AP News, in an unrelated legal development reported on the same day.
Source: Google News MT