“As we honor Alex, we hold close a simple truth: everyone just wants to make it home safely to their family, immigrant-Americans included. May his memory move us to build a country where every person’s life and dignity are respected and protected.”– 托尼亚艾伦
Tonya Allen on LinkedIn, Saturday, January 24, 2026:
Today, we mourn. Again.
We awake to heartbreaking news of another shooting by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
Right now, we know little about the circumstances of today’s shooting except the victim, our neighbor Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for critically ill veterans that served our nation, did not survive. We do know he was surrounded by agents, pummeled by fists, shot at close range, and his character will be wrongfully maligned to cover his killing. No person, no community, and no country deserves what we are experiencing right now.
Enough is enough.
Enough is outrage. It is a boundary drawn in defense of human life.
The mere fact that many of us are living in a state of hypervigilance, anxiety, and fear for ourselves and loved ones is abnormal. Nothing about what’s happening in Minnesota is acceptable.
Enough is enough.
A community says enough when it chooses responsibility over resignation.
If you are like me, you are in tears, near tears, or just full of fury. You are exhausted, confused, and so deeply disappointed. Furious that our country and our democracy have come to this– another loss of life has occurred at the hands of our government.
This is not okay. I am not okay. I know many of you are not okay.
Enough is enough.
Enough is a cry of anger. It is a line drawn by love when loss has gone too far.
I went to bed last night bursting with pride to be a Minnesotan. Joining tens of thousands of Minnesotans who took peacefully and patriotically to the frigid streets to demonstrate pure love for our neighbors and our democracy. We showed America what it means to be American.
Enough is enough.
Saying enough is how a community declares that life matters more than endurance.
There comes a moment when enough suffering has spoken for itself, and the only moral response left is care.
In the midst of this horror, take care of yourself. I mean it. Breathe. Mourn. Gather with loved ones. Read poetry. Say a prayer. Listen to Nina Simone. Give your nervous system what it needs.
In love and solidarity from Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Tonya Allen on LinkedIn, Tuesday, January 27, 2026:
We are seeing an incredible outpouring of love for Alex Pretti and this community.
As one person who knew him put it, “Ms. Zielinski doesn’t think he would want to be known as a martyr. She thinks he would like to be remembered as a guy who enjoyed riding his bike, as someone who loved his family, and as a person who cared about health care, science, and research.”
“He was a really good friend, and a really good man.”
Alex deserves to be remembered in this light. Someone who chose service, compassion, and community every single day. No family should endure this kind of loss.
在缅怀亚历克斯之际，我们铭记一个简单的真理：每个人都只想平安回家与家人团聚，移民美国人也不例外。愿他的精神激励我们，共同建设一个尊重和保护每个人生命与尊严的国家。.
明尼苏达州人民展现了他们的爱心
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