The killing of a citizen of the United States by a federal agent during a demonstration in Minnesota’s Minneapolis city against Trump’s crackdown on immigrants has caused outrage and triggered more protests.US citizen Alex Pretti, 37, is the second person fatally shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents this month.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listVideos of confrontations between ICE agents and Minneapolis residents have flooded social media, showing some of the 3,000 officers who are deployed in the city stopping, questioning and detaining residents.In one case, immigration agents escorted a US citizen – a grandfather of Hmong ancestry – out of his house in his underwear in freezing weather. In another case, the father of a five-year-old girl was briefly detained and zip-tied after he said a federal agent falsely accused him of not being a US citizen because of his accent. The agency is also under scrutiny for reportedly dispatching a five-year-old boy to knock on the front door of his home to lure relatives outside before agents then took the child into custody.The events have led to protests and prompted confusion over what ICE is legally allowed to do in public and private locations. Are there limits on when and how ICE can approach or detain people? Does the law differentiate between encounters in public and private spaces, such as a home? And is the Supreme Court becoming more tolerant of aggressive ICE actions?Legal experts weighed in on the public’s constitutional protections from immigration stops and detentions. Advertise …
