Limerick-born priest says US immigration crackdown is ‘terrifying for all communities’

New York-based Monsignor James Kelly says Trump-era ICE arrests are creating fear, desperation and chaos across immigrant communities in the US

Protestors clash with federal agents in Saint Paul, Minnesota after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in her car on the streets of Minneapolis. Picture: Octavio Jones/AFP/Getty 

A Limerick born Monsignor based in Brooklyn has described the recent ramp up of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the US as “terrifying for all communities”.

Protests have been taking place in Minneapolis following the shooting dead of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good behind the wheel of her vehicle this week.