Jimmy Kimmel breaks down on air over ICE killing of Alex Pretti, says ‘every day is a nightmare now’

Jimmy Kimmel broke down in tears twice on Monday night’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” as he was talking about the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis.

Pretti was shot and killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Saturday, just three weeks after they fatally shot mother-of-three Renee Good in the same city.


At the start of his monologue, Kimmel said, “I spent the weekend like probably a lot of you did, looking at my phone and just feeling shocked and sick at what’s happening in Minneapolis.”


He added, “One video after another: screaming people being torn from their families, Americans, people who were born in the United States being pulled out of their cars for the crime of having an accent or whatever. Children, small children, babies being tear-gassed, taken into custody, separated from their parents.”

He continued: “Just one atrocity after another being committed by this gang of poorly trained, shamefully led, mask-wearing goons. And that is what they are: They’re goons committing vile, heartless, and even criminal acts. It’s sickening to watch, and it’s frustrating to watch.”

Kimmel argued that seeing “fellow Americans executed by ICE” should provoke a wake-up call for people who voted for Trump. “Is that the law and order that you voted for? Where are the reasonable voices on the right? We need some decent people on the right to show some courage and some common sense,” he said, before adding: “Every day is a nightmare now.”

Kimmel said the events in Minneapolis struck a chord personally as he and his wife had family in the city. “They’re afraid to take their kids to school. They’re afraid to go to work,” he said. “And I can only imagine how people who aren’t white feel about this!”

Several users on social media pointed out the tears in his eyes and one of them said, "Jimmy Kimmel crying about ICE in Minnesota. vs Jimmy Kimmel lying and making jokes about Charlie Kirk being assasinated. Sick."



"Jimmy Kimmel once again demonstrating that he isn’t even pretending to host a comedy show, it’s just yet another MSNBC therapy session where he cries more frequently than he tells jokes," another user said in a post on X.




A user said, "Jimmy Kimmel starts sobbing over ICE deporting illegal immigrants in Minneapolis. Where was the same sympathy for Laken Riley or Jocelyn Nungaray when they were murdered by illegals?"