Protect Care. Protect Our Communities. Demand Accountability Now.
Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old registered nurse, was killed in a horrifying shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis on January 24, 2026. Alex’s life mattered. His death must not be explained away, minimized, or normalized.
Alex was an intensive care unit (ICU) nurse, a union member, and a caregiver at the VA hospital, where he dedicated his life to caring for military veterans and their families. A life devoted to healing was cut short — gunned down in the streets while speaking out. That reality demands action.
Alex’s death is a stark reminder that the safety of nurses is inseparable from the safety of the patients and communities they serve. Nurses and health professionals have an ethical and professional duty to care for all patients, regardless of background or immigration status. That duty should never place them in danger — whether at work or in the communities where they live.
Violence against nurses and health professionals — whether in healthcare settings or in our communities — is unacceptable. Safety is not conditional. Safety is fundamental to health, dignity, and justice.
This is not only about one life lost. It is about whether we allow policies and practices that place healthcare workers, patients, and entire communities in harm’s way. Healthcare safety does not stop at the hospital door. When armed enforcement actions undermine trust, breach privacy, or create fear that interferes with care, they become a public health crisis.
Congress must act — now.
Join us in calling on legislators to take immediate action and demanding:
- An independent and transparent investigation into the killing of Alex Pretti.
- Full reform of federal immigration enforcement strategies that place armed agents into our communities in ways that escalate risk and violence.
- An immediate end to federal immigration enforcement practices that create unsafe workplace environments, impede the ability to provide care, or breach HIPAA and patient privacy protections in any healthcare setting.
- No further funding for federal immigration enforcement activities until there are robust congressional hearings and meaningful oversight of enforcement conduct in our communities and care settings.
We refuse to normalize violence and fear — no matter who perpetrates it. Nurses, health professionals, patients, and communities deserve systems rooted in care, dignity, and humanity — not fear or force.
Demand truth for Alex Pretti.
Demand accountability.
Protect care. Protect our communities.
Violence is not inevitable. It is a choice.
And we choose care.