The Alabama Congressional Delegation has split along party lines in its reaction to a fatal shooting committed by an immigration officer this week.
On Wednesday morning in Minneapolis, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good.
Videos from bystanders show the agent shooting into Good’s car, killing her after ICE agents demanded she exit her car, which was partially blocking the road.
The White House and Department of Homeland Security have alleged that Good “weaponized her vehicle” and was pulling her car forward to hit the officer when she was shot and killed, while Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and protestors reacting to Good’s death have publicly decried her killing as unjust.
U.S. Representative Shomari Figures, D-Alabama, was the sole member of Alabama’s congressional delegation to publicly condemn the killing of Good as unjust on Thursday.
“Renee Nicole Good should not have been shot and killed – PERIOD. I extend my deepest condolences to her family,” Figures wrote. “The Trump administration’s use of ICE in this manner is beyond reckless, and today it cost a young woman her life. This is not what immigration enforcement should look like.”
“People around the country are rightfully horrified by the unjustified killing of a young woman in broad daylight. There must be a thorough investigation into what happened today in Minneapolis, because this is not acceptable,” the congressman added.
U.S. Senator Katie Britt, R-Alabama, during an appearance on Newsmax, alleged that Good’s death was brought about by “toxic rhetoric” towards ICE from leftists and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
“Any loss of life is something that we all mourn. When we look at where we are and how we got here, the left has to assume responsibility for creating an environment that should have never existed,” Britt said.
“We need to make sure that the people of our country know that our law enforcement officers are there to keep them safe—they’re there to enforce the law, not create rhetoric that emboldens people,” Britt continued. “We saw what happened yesterday, which was just tragic all the way around, and I think the left has got to stop, you’ve got to be more responsible, and you have to stand shoulder to shoulder with the people here to keep us safe.”
Britt cited Department of Homeland Security statistics that during the first year of the second Trump administration, assaults against ICE agents have seen a 1,300 percent increase, as well as an 8,000 percent increase in death threats.
While DHS has attributed the reported uptick in agent assaults to “radical rhetoric by sanctuary politicians,” the accuracy of the agency’s figures has been challenged by reports from NPR and the Los Angeles Times.
U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, expressed vehement support for the ICE agent who killed Good in a series of social media posts this week, as well as during a Thursday radio appearance.
“Radical Leftist RIOTERS are attacking our law enforcement officers who are just trying to keep our country safe,” Tuberville wrote on X. “To all our ICE agents in Minnesota and across the country: if you are violently attacked, SHOOT BACK.”
During an appearance on “The Jeff Poor Show,” Tuberville accused Walz and Frey of galvanizing protestors against ICE.
“Here’s what gets me in Minneapolis. Where is Tim Walz? Get your fat butt on the streets and block cars, same thing with the mayor,” Tuberville said.
“At the end of the day, it’s just unfortunate this happened. But I can see why it happened. People with ICE agents are scared for their lives when they should be,” he said. “But it’s all started because of the Democrats and these communists up there just trying to push the narrative of how you got to fight back and we’ll either pay you money to protest or just go out there and fight for what we believe in.”
Alongside Britt and Tuberville, all Alabama U.S. House Republicans, besides U.S. Representative Mike Rogers, R-Alabama, have publicly condemned criticisms of ICE activity in Minneapolis.
“The attacks on ICE officers must stop. They are simply enforcing our laws, and they are being targeted for it,” U.S. Representative Robert Aderholt, R-Alabama, wrote on X.
U.S. Representative Gary Palmer, R-Alabama, and U.S. Representative Barry Moore, R-Alabama, meanwhile, conducted radio interviews Thursday in which they placed blame for Good’s killing on Minnesota public officials and rhetoric from the left “villainizing” immigration enforcement.
Palmer, during a Thursday radio appearance, called for charges to be filed against city government officials who have enacted sanctuary city policies.
“Rather than run the risk of having another situation like this, let’s go ahead and arrest these people, and that might include bringing charges against government officials who are providing sanctuaries for people who have committed criminal acts,” Palmer said.
During an interview on Poor’s program Thursday, Moore defended the actions of the ICE agent, quoting fellow House Judiciary Committee member U.S. Representative Troy Nehls, R-Texas.
“We’re in judiciary right now, he said a while ago, he said, ‘if you comply, you don’t die.’ When a law enforcement officer tells you to stop the vehicle, to get out of the vehicle, that’s what you do. You don’t step on the gas,” Moore said.
Demonstrations have been sparked in Minneapolis and nationwide following Wednesday’s shooting.
Vigils were held memorializing Good on Thursday by local chapters of the 50501 Movement in Birmingham, Montgomery, Huntsville, Mobile and Tuscaloosa.
Following the Huntsville demonstration, more than 20 local residents spoke at the Huntsville City Council’s first meeting of 2026, urging council members to adopt a proposal put forth by citizens in September to stop all agreements between local law enforcement collaborations with ICE.
