Erika D. Smith, Columnist

Don’t Blame What’s Happening in Minneapolis on Sanctuary Cities

This isn’t Minnesota’s fault.

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It has only been a few days, but more than half of Americans have already seen video of Alex Pretti collapsing into a crumpled heap on a cold Minneapolis street, surrounded by the federal immigration agents who shot him.

What Americans deserve is a full and independent investigation into what happened — something that, as Republican Senator Thom Tillis noted on X over the weekend, “requires cooperation and transparency between federal, state, and local law enforcement.”