The White House shifted into damage-control mode Monday after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti forced officials to soften their rhetoric and exposed rare political vulnerability for the president on his strongest issue with voters: Immigration.
Pretti was fatally shot Saturday during a confrontation with U.S. Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis, the second American citizen killed this month during an immigration enforcement operation.
Administration officials initially described Pretti as violently hostile, but video from the incident has cast doubt on those assertions, prompting a noticeably more cautious tone from President Donald Trump and his aides by Monday. Complicating matters, Republicans on Capitol Hill are demanding an investigation into Pretti’s death, while Democrats are threatening a partial government shutdown.
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The episode comes as Trump’s standing on immigration
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