Trump pressures Congress for law against ‘sanctuary cities’ that adopt immigrant-friendly policies

US federal agents shoot another person dead in Minneapolis The White House said on Monday (26) that President Donald Trump is asking the United States Congress to approve a law to end so-called “sanctuary cities”. These locations have policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities and have become targets of raids by government agents in recent months. ✅ Follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp The statement was made two days after a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agent shot and killed nurse Alex Pretti, in the state of Minnesota. He was an American citizen and was shot several times during an anti-immigration raid. White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said that American cities need to be safe havens only for those who follow the law, and not for “dangerous illegal criminals” who, according to her, “do not belong” in the United States. “Americans overwhelmingly want exactly what President Trump is delivering: strong borders and strict immigration enforcement against the worst illegal immigrants, hundreds of thousands of whom remain to be deported from the interior of the country,” he said. New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are examples of cities classified as sanctuary. In practice, there is no federal law that regulates these locations, and this classification only works symbolically. In these cities, there is often greater tolerance towards undocumented immigrants. In many cases, local police do not collaborate with federal authorities to detain foreigners without authorization to stay in the country. When defending actions like Saturday’s, which resulted in Pretti’s death, Leavitt stated that state and local police forces need to work in conjunction with federal authorities. The spokeswoman also stated that no one in the government wants to see deaths on the streets of the United States and that the case is being investigated by the FBI and immigration authorities. According to her, the agents involved in the operation will be interrogated. READ ALSO Gregory Bovino, the face of brutality against immigrants in Minneapolis Employees of Google, Meta, OpenAI and others ask CEOs to use influence to pressure the government against ICE Trump speaks with the governor of Minnesota after the death of an American citizen in Minneapolis Protests against ICE in New York, on January 8, 2026 REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz VIDEOS: most watched on g1

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