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Celebrities mourn Alex Pretti, demand action against immigration enforcement in Minnesota


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PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 24: Natalie Portman attends "The Gallerist" Premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theater on January 24, 2026 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Celebrities are in tears over the death of Alex Pretti, a U.S. citizen fatally shot by federal immigration officers over the weekend in Minnesota.

Pretti is the second American citizen in just the last few weeks to be killed by federal immigration enforcement officers in Minneapolis, which has become ground zero for the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Actress Natalie Portman broke down in tears while on the red carpet at Sundance Film Festival as she condemned President Donald Trump and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

”It's such a horrible day, it's been a horrible week. What is happening in our country is just obscene," Portman said.

“What Trump and Kristi Noem and ICE are doing to our citizens and undocumented,” Portman continued.

In another interview on the red carpet, Portman once again talked about her horror of ICE agents in American cities.

“Of course we're at an unfortunately horrific moment in our country with the federal government attacking civilians in our own cities,” Portman said.

Portman wasn’t the only star at Sundance to make a political statement about Pretti’s death.

Actors Natasha Lyonne and Elijah Wood participated in an anti-ICE protest at the film festival called “Sundancers Melt ICE”

“The folks who have been unlawfully gunned down in Minnesota – it’s awful,” Wood said.

“Here we are at this film festival that is about bringing people together; it’s about telling stories from all over the world. We’re not divided here; we’re coming together.”

Meanwhile pop-icon Billie Eilish shared on her Instagram story asking other celebrities if they will speak up in the wake of Pretti’s death.

"Hey my fellow celebrities u gonna speak up? Or," Eilish wrote.

Pop star Olivia Rodrigo, who previously voiced outrage over the administration’s immigration agenda, called ICE’s actions “unconscionable.”

Earlier this month, some celebrities walking the red carpet wore anti-ICE pins following the death of Renee Good, who was shot and killed by a federal agent while in her car.

The Trump Administration said Good used her car as a weapon against the ICE agent, who ended up using deadly force.