Meghan Markle’s co-star calls for ICE strike over Alex

Patrick J. Adams, recognized for his work in the hit TV collection Suits, has joined voices calling for a national strike over the killing of Alex Pretti. Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital, was fatally shot by federal immigration brokers during an enforcement operation in Minneapolis on January 24, 2026.

His demise has drawn widespread consideration, intensified protests, and sparked debate over federal immigration enforcement ways.

Using his Instagram story on Sunday, Meghan Markle’s Suits co-star shared an illustration with the textual content “Pretti good reason for a national strike,” intentionally utilizing the pun ‘Pretti Good’ with the title misspelled instead of “pretty.” Adams’s publish added to rising public outcry over Pretti’s demise and calls for accountability.

Pretti was shot during an operation involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border Patrol brokers who had been deployed to Minneapolis as a part of a major immigration crackdown.

The effort, ordered by the Trump administration, aimed to find and detain undocumented immigrants and has seen 1000’s of brokers deployed to the space. Pretti’s demise was the second deadly capturing of a U.S. citizen by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis this month.

According to authorities from the Department of Homeland Security, the federal brokers concerned in the incident believed Pretti posed a risk and fired in self-defense. However, video footage from bystanders that has been reviewed by a number of news shops exhibits Pretti holding only a cellphone in his hand and never brandishing a weapon in the moments before he was pinned to the floor and shot.

Pretti had a lawful allow to hold a firearm, however witnesses and his household have disputed claims that he posed any hazard to federal brokers.

Pretti’s household issued an announcement after his demise saying he was a “kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital.” They have criticized authorities statements about the capturing and called for all of the information about his demise to be made public.

Previously, former TV present host Ellen DeGeneres also condemned the ICE crackdown, which reportedly killed another U.S. citizen, Renee Good. Good was fatally shot earlier in January during a separate federal immigration enforcement action in Minneapolis, prompting protests and scrutiny of federal ways.

The sheriff’s division and local officers have also criticized federal brokers for blocking local investigators from accessing the scene of Pretti’s capturing, even after a choose granted a warrant.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz called for an unbiased state-led investigation and demanded that federal brokers depart the state, saying the operation has contributed to heightened tensions and mistrust.

In addition to public figures like Adams and DeGeneres talking out, billionaire investor Bill Ackman donated $10,000 to a fundraiser for Pretti’s household, according to a spokesman, highlighting the broad vary of responses the incident has prompted. Ackman’s help got here as a GoFundMe campaign organized for the household shortly raised vital donations after the capturing.