EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — Registered nurses from Las Palmas Medical Center and Providence Memorial Hospital in El Paso held vigils tonight to honor Alex Pretti, an RN who was shot and killed by federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, Minn.
According to the National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United, the vigils aim to remember all those who have died at the hands of federal immigration agents and to demand the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The vigils were being held at 8 p.m. at both Las Palmas Medical Center and Providence Memorial Hospital, located at the corner of N. Oregon St. and E. Hague.
Jordan Salas reports on Local nurses hold vigil in El Paso to honor Alex Pretti, RN killed by CBP (Credit: KFOX14)
Over the weekend, 37-year-old Pretti, a licensed ICU nurse employed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis.
The fatal encounter marked the second deadly shooting involving federal immigration officers in the city in just a matter of weeks, following the death of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed after using her vehicle to block a street and was slowly pulling away during an ICE operation.
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Local nurses held vigil in El Paso to honor Alex Pretti, RN killed by CBP (Credit: KFOX14/CBS4)
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