WATCH: Kelly to vote against funding Homeland Security

(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly has announced he will vote “no” for the Department of Homeland Security budget this week following the fatal shootings in Minneapolis.

In a speech Wednesday on the Senate floor, the Arizona Democrat said DHS needs an overhaul from the top down and the bottom up.

“Over the weekend, Americans watched what happened to Alex Pretti in Minneapolis,” Kelly told senators. “A U.S. citizen and ICU nurse at the V.A. who took care of veterans, he was shot and killed by federal agents for no good reason.”

Kelly also pointed to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minnesota.

“Renee was a mother and a wife,” said Kelly. “She was shot and killed in her car, and her family will never see her again.”

The Center Square reached out Wednesday to the Department of the Homeland Security and the White House for comment, but did not hear back as of press time.

President Donald Trump has said the ICE officer who shot Good acted in self-d...