Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is expected to hold a press conference in New York City on Thursday, a day after a deadly ICE-involved shooting in Minnesota ignited a national firestorm.
Noem is expected to make a special announcement from One World Trade Center Thursday morning. Watch it live in the player above when it begins after 11 a.m.
Thirty-seven-year-old Renee Nicole Macklin Good died after being shot in the head on Wednesday by an ICE agent working as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. It happened in a residential neighborhood south of downtown Minneapolis, an area DHS had flooded it with more than 2,000 officers.
Federal officials say the shooting was justified, calling the woman’s preceding behavior an “act of domestic terrorism.” Local officials say video from witnesses contradicts that story. They want ICE out.
Noem says those agents aren’t going anywhere.
Wednesday’s shooting in Minneapolis has prompted unrest and burgeoning protests across the country. In New York City, protesters who gathered at Foley Square early Wednesday headed to One World Trade in hopes of confronting Noem in person. More demonstrations are expected throughout the day.
What happened in Minneapolis?
The videos of the shooting show an officer approaching an SUV stopped across the middle of the road, demanding the driver open the door and grabbing the handle. The Honda Pilot begins to pull forward, and a different ICE officer standing in front of it pulls his weapon and immediately fires at least two shots at close range, jumping back as the vehicle moves toward him.
It is not clear from the videos if the vehicle makes contact with the officer, and there is no indication of whether the woman had interactions with ICE agents earlier. After the shooting the SUV speeds into two cars parked on a curb before crashing to a stop.
In another recording made afterward, a woman who identifies Macklin Good as her spouse is seen crying near the vehicle. The woman, who is not identified, says the couple recently arrived in Minnesota and they had a child.
Noem, in the immediate aftermath, called the incident an “act of domestic terrorism” against ICE officers, saying the driver “attempted to run them over and rammed them with her vehicle. An officer of ours acted quickly and defensively, shot, to protect himself and the people around him.”
President Donald Trump made similar accusations on social media and defended ICE’s work.
Noem alleged that the woman was part of a “mob of agitators” and said the officer followed his training. She said the FBI would investigate.
But Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called Noem’s version of events “garbage.”
“They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense,” Frey said. “Having seen the video myself, I wanna tell everybody directly, that is bullshit.”
He also criticized the federal deployment and said the agents should leave.
A nation on edge
The shooting marked a dramatic escalation of the latest in a series of immigration enforcement operations in major cities under the Trump administration. Wednesday’s is at least the fifth death linked to the crackdowns.
The Twin Cities have been on edge since DHS announced the operation’s launch Tuesday, at least partly tied to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents.
A crowd of protesters gathered at the scene after the shooting to vent their anger at local and federal officers.
In a scene that hearkened back to crackdowns in Los Angeles and Chicago, people chanted “ICE out of Minnesota” and blew whistles that have become ubiquitous during the operations.
Gov. Tim Walz said he was prepared to deploy the National Guard if necessary. He expressed outrage over the shooting but called on people to keep protests peaceful.
“They want a show,” Walz said. “We can’t give it to them.”
There were calls on social media to prosecute the officer who shot Macklin Good.
Commissioner Bob Jacobson of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety said state authorities would investigate the shooting with federal authorities.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz issued a warning to the Trump administration after ICE agents fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis. “We do not need any further help from the federal government. To Donald Trump and Kristi Noem: you’ve done enough.”
