Hundreds of union nurses, federal workers, and local residents gathered outside the Veterans Affairs central office building in Washington, DC, on Jan. 28, to hold a vigil for Alex Pretti and all who have been killed by ICE. The vigil was one of many events organized or co-sponsored by National Nurses United, the nation’s largest union and professional association of registered nurses, which has forcefully called for ICE to be abolished in the wake of Pretti’s killing. We speak with attendees of the vigil in this on-the-ground edition of Working People.  

Additional links/info: 

• Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, “‘A hero’: Nurses, federal workers honor Alex Pretti (Documentary Report)”
• Maximillian Alvarez Working People / The Real News Network, “Largest nurses union calls to abolish ICE after Alex Pretti killing: ‘They messed with the wrong profession’”
• National Nurses United: “Week of action in honor of Alex Pretti, RN and all others killed by ICE”
• National Nurses United press release (1/24/26): “National Nurses United outraged by murder of VA registered nurse by immigration agents, demand abolition of ICE”
• National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United website, Facebook page, Twitter/X page, and Instagram

Credits:

• Audio Post-Production: Jules Taylor

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