The Korea Times
MINNEAPOLIS — An alarming question remains unanswered after the deaths of Minnesotans Renee Good and Alex Pretti earlier this year: Does the United States now have a federal immigration force that can kill Americans in front of the public yet operates beyond accountability’s reach? Good, a 37-year-old mom and poet, and Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, were fatally wounded during encounters with federal immigration agents in Minneapolis during the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Operation Metro Surge. More than two months later, the three agents involved have faced few if any public consequences. No charges have been filed. It’s also unclear if any other mechanism of accountability has been brought to bear. Questions that remain unanswered by their agencies: Have they faced any discipline? Are they back on the job, and if so, where? If quiet reassignment is all that has happened after the Minnesotans’ deaths, it is an affront to their families and to anyone who believes that taking a life should carry consequences. The two agents identified as involved in Pretti’s death wer
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