Footage, documents at odds with DHS accounts of immigration enforcement incidents

By: Amanda Watford

Outlets: Stateline

Published: January 23, 2026

Words: 1,730

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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As a growing number of encounters between civilians and Department of Homeland Security agents — including the widely scrutinized fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis — are scrutinized in court records and on social media, federal officials are returning to a familiar response: self-defense.

In more than a handful of recent encounters, the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, has said its agents acted in …

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