Valley lawmakers call for federal investigation into deadly Minnesota shooting

FRESNO, Calif, (KFSN) -- Amid fallout implicit the sidesplitting of Alex Pretti successful Minnesota past weekend, Valley lawmakers are pressing for answers.

"I deliberation this gives an accidental for superior and sweeping reforms wrong (the) Department of Homeland Security," Fresno Democratic Congressman Jim Costa told Action News.

He is calling for a afloat investigation.

The shooting was captured connected camera and has been wide shared.

Pretti appears to grounds national agents arsenic they marque an arrest. The incidental past escalated arsenic agents pepper-sprayed Pretti and wrestled him to the ground. His legally carried weapon ne'er appeared to permission his waistband.

"The Department of Homeland Security says helium was a home terrorist. Do you spot that?" Action News asked Costa.

"No," helium said. "When the ICE serviceman knocked the pistillate down, helium went to her assistance and asked, 'Are you each right?'"

Republicans presumption it differently.

Congressman Vince Fong of Clovis wrote successful a connection to Action News that what helium has seen successful Minneapolis "...has moved beyond peaceful into confrontation."

Fong, a subordinate of the House Committee connected Homeland Security, is echoing the president's "...call for a afloat probe into this weekend's tragic incident..." He went connected to constitute that helium supports "...the committee's petition for an oversight proceeding with ICE, CBP, and USCIS."

"I deliberation the medication is intelligibly trying to prosecute successful harm control, fig one," Costa said.

The White House is present bracing for a partial authorities shutdown. Senate Democrats are threatening to artifact a backing bundle aft the House approved enactment for the Department of Homeland Security past week.

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"I've ever been connected the Appropriations Committee," Hanford Republican David Valadao said connected Capitol Hill past week. "This is the benignant of time we imagination of."

Valadao celebrated the authorities spending bills that see funds for DHS, including wealth allocated to the TSA, Coast Guard, and Customs and Border Protection.

He did not respond to Action News' petition for an interrogation connected Tuesday.

"Appropriations is not casual work, and it's not meant to be," helium said past week. "It requires compromise, member-driven leadership, and committedness to getting the occupation done, and getting the occupation done the close way."

Costa hopes senators tin scope an statement to support the authorities open.

"They could walk the remainder of the appropriation bills and enactment the Immigration Customs and Enforcement Agency successful a abstracted criteria," helium said.

Congressman Fong's Full Statement:

"As a subordinate of the House Committee connected Homeland Security, I instrumentality the information of our communities and our national instrumentality enforcement officers seriously. In enactment with President Trump's telephone for a afloat probe into this weekend's tragic incident, I enactment the committee's petition for an oversight proceeding with ICE, CBP, and USCIS.

All Americans merit to workout their law close to peaceful protest. What we person seen successful Minneapolis, however, has moved beyond peaceful into confrontation. Obstruction of instrumentality enforcement escalates information for some officers and the public. I promote Minnesota officials to enactment arsenic partners, not obstacles, to national instrumentality enforcement. These partnerships are captious to keeping our communities harmless which is wherefore sanctuary authorities and metropolis policies are truthful tremendously dangerous. Demonizing the men and women of our instrumentality enforcement lone serves to undermine nationalist safety.

I volition proceed to prosecute accountability rooted successful facts - not speculation oregon governmental rhetoric - truthful that we tin uphold some our nation's laws and our Constitutional freedoms."

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