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Voters leave "I Voted" stickers on Minneapolis memorials for immigration-enforcement victims
On midterm election day, voters in Minnesota left "I Voted" stickers on memorials for victims of federal immigration agents' actions.
On U.S. midterm election day, voters left "I Voted" stickers on the memorial for Alex Pretti, who was killed in January in Minneapolis by federal immigration agents. The gesture, noted on November 3, 2026, turns a routine civic symbol into a tribute to people who died during operations linked to Donald Trump's immigration policy.
According to reports, the stickers were left not only on Alex Pretti's memorial but also on that of Renee Good, in the same Minnesota city. Democracy observers were present near polling stations as voters arrived, in a context where the question of federal immigration enforcement has become one of the most sensitive issues in the local vote.
In Houston, Texas, Latino voters also carried their anger over ICE operations to the ballot box on election day, according to the Houston Chronicle. In several reports published around these tributes, the stickers left on the memorials are described as marks of remembrance addressed to people killed or affected by these interventions.
This movement comes as the midterm elections are being closely watched by parties, voters and advocates for migrants' rights. Testimony gathered around the memorials shows that immigration policy remains at the heart of the concerns of many citizens, beyond the parliamentary debate alone.
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