CITIES across the United States continued to erupt in protest today after a woman was shot dead by a federal immigration officer.

Thousands of people took to the streets to vent their anger at Wednesday’s shooting of Renee Nicole Macklin Good, including in New York, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, Phoenix, Tucson, Columbus and Minneapolis, where the shooting took place.

The killing of Ms Macklin Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent came during US President Donald Trump’s latest armed operation against the Somali community.

More than 1,500 people have been arrested during the raids carried out by around 2,000 ICE agents.

Videos of the shooting, which took place in a residential district south of the city centre, show an officer approaching an SUV that was stationary across the middle of the road, demanding that the driver open the door and grabbing the handle. 

The Honda Pilot begins to move forward and another ICE officer standing in front of it draws his weapon and immediately fires at least two shots at close range, jumping back as the vehicle moves towards him.

There is no indication that the vehicle made any contact with the ICE officer and there is no indication of whether the woman had earlier had interactions with ICE agents. After the shooting, the SUV crashes into two cars parked on a curb before coming to a halt.

In another recording made afterwards, a woman who identifies Ms Macklin Good as her spouse is seen crying near the vehicle. The woman, who is not identified, says the couple recently arrived in Minnesota and had a child.

Eyewitness Emily Heller said officers had screamed at Ms Macklin Good to “move, move, move!”

But when she moved, an officer shot her multiple times.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Mr Trump both alleged that Ms Macklin Good was part of a “mob of agitators” and that she was engaged in an “act of domestic terrorism” against ICE officers.

Ms Noem claimed that the driver had attempted to run the ICE officers over and ram them with her vehicle. 

“An officer of ours acted quickly and defensively, shot, to protect himself and the people around him,” she said.

But Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey dismissed Ms Noem’s version of events as “garbage.”

He said: “They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defence. I wanna tell everybody directly, that is bullshit.”

The mayor also criticised the federal deployment and said the agents should leave by the evening.

Hundreds of people had turned out for a peaceful vigil to mourn Ms Mcklin Good and urge the public to resist immigration enforcement operations.
 
The killing was slammed by campaigners on both sides of the Atlantic.

In Britain, the shooting sparked fears of similar incidents as anti-immigrant rhetoric continues to be ramped up.

Independent MP for Islington North Jeremy Corbyn told the Morning Star: “I am beyond horrified by this brutal, state-sanctioned murder. This is what happens when a far-right government emboldens a violent death squad to target whoever they want and terrorise communities with impunity.

“All the more terrifying that politicians in this country have called for ICE-style raids to implement a grotesque anti-migrant programme. This is what fascism looks like in real time — and it has never been more urgent to mobilise for a global, anti-fascist movement that can build an alternative based on hope and humanity.”

Stand Up to Racism branded ICE “armed racist thugs — and murderers — who have been terrorising communities and rounding up and deporting migrants across the US.”

Posting on social media, the group added that this was “the picture Nigel Farage wants to bring to Britain.”

Black Activists Rising Against the Cuts co-founder Zita Holbourne said she was worried that “if a peaceful  US citizen and mother can be shot dead by ICE during daylight hours and in plain sight, how terrifying it must be for migrant communities they are targeting for deportation. 

“Deportation — being torn from loved ones — is traumatising enough without having to fear you will be shot dead.”

Ilhan Omar, who represents a district of Minneapolis in the US House of Representatives, described the ICE actions as “unconscionable and reprehensible.” 

She said: “I am beyond outraged that their reckless, callous actions led to the killing of a legal observer in Minneapolis. My heart breaks for the victim’s family, who will have to forever live with the pain caused by the Trump administration’s reckless and deadly actions.

“This is not law enforcement. It is state violence. It is simply indefensible and ICE must be held accountable. That must include a full, comprehensive investigation and legal action against the agency.”

New York progressive Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said: “What we saw today was a criminal murder of a woman, shot in the head while she was trying to escape and flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare which is their government turning into a tyranny.”

Black Agenda Report executive editor Margaret Kimberley said: “In 2025, police in the US killed more than 1,100 people. The ICE killing in Minneapolis differs only in that it was carried out by federal and not local law enforcement. 

“Donald Trump’s immigration policy is a reminder of the brutal nature of the police state.”

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said he was prepared to deploy the National Guard if necessary. He expressed outrage over the shooting but called on people to keep protests peaceful.

“They want a show,” Mr Walz said. “We can’t give it to them.”

As calls grow for the officer that shot Ms Macklin Good to be prosecuted, commissioner Bob Jacobson of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety said state authorities would investigate the shooting with federal authorities.

But the head of Minnesota’s state investigations agency said today that the US attorney’s office has barred it from taking part in the investigation.

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension superintendent Drew Evans said in a statement that after the agency had consulted with the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, the US attorney’s office and the FBI, “it was decided that the BCA force investigations unit would conduct a joint investigation with the FBI” and that the “BCA responded promptly to the scene and began co-ordinating investigative work in good faith.”

He said the FBI had informed the BCA later on Wednesday that the US attorney’s office had changed the plan.

“The investigation would now be led solely by the FBI and the BCA would no longer have access to the case materials, scene evidence or investigative interviews necessary to complete a thorough and independent investigation,” Mr Evans wrote.