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A statement: WASHINGTON, DC - DLGA Chair Lt. Governor Kyle Evans Gay and DLGA Vice Chair Secretary Tobias Read released the following statement on today's fatal shooting in Minnesota: "We are outraged by today's fatal shooting in Minneapolis by federal immigration agents. This latest tragedy is part of an awful pattern of violence. It has left one dead, eroded public safety, and traumatized a city already reeling from tragedy. "This disturbing trend is not isolated to Minnesota - Lieutenant Governors and elected leaders in other states have raised serious concerns about similar federal escalations that jeopardize community safety and strain state-federal relations. The deployment of armed ICE agents into American neighborhoods - without the request or consent of a state's governor - is irresponsible and a reckless abuse of power. It jeopardizes lives, shreds public trust, and, as we have seen in Minnesota this week, directly undermines the ability of local law enforcement to serve and protect. ICE agents are not making communities safer. They are stoking fear, deepening divisions, and perpetuating cycles of violence. These occupations must end. "We stand with Lieutenant Governor Flanagan and call for ICE to immediately cease its operations in Minnesota and halt this dangerous surge before more lives are lost."