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Senate Democrats have refused to sign on to additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security without securing reforms to immigration enforcement amid public outrage over the killing of 37-year-old protester Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the weekend.
WASHINGTON -- White House border czar Tom Homan said Thursday that he plans to "draw down" the number of federal immigration enforcement agents in US Minneapolis, depending on cooperation with state and local officials.
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The preliminary assessment from Customs and Border Protection makes no mention of Alex Pretti attacking officers or threatening them with a weapon — as the administration first described the incident.