ICE Agents Can Be Charged With Murder
ICE Agents Can Be Charged With Murder
As a killing in Minneapolis is documented, the law clearly stipulates that federal agents do not have universal immunity.
https://prospect.org/2026/01/07/ice-agents-can-be-charged-with-murder/
States can prosecute anyone for violations of state law, regardless of their rank or authority. Murder is a felony in the state of Minnesota, as it is in every other state. Within the last several years, we saw Minnesota successfully prosecute a murder, committed by a law enforcement officer, that was documented on tape and broadcast to the world.
The Supremacy Clause does give federal officials some protections from state laws, but they “only appl[y] when federal officials are reasonably acting within the bounds of their lawful federal duties,” according to a position paper issued by the University of Wisconsin Law School. Shooting an unarmed person who is in the process of fleeing a scene would be unlawful, and while DHS would certainly contest that in court, that’s a wholly proper venue for the debate.
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