Guest editorial: Congress needs to rein in a reckless deportation campaign

The killing of 37-year-old intensive care nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal agents underscores a growing crisis facing the White House: Its reckless deportation campaign has spun out of control. If congressional Republicans don’t start holding the administration to account, they’ll be putting public safety at even greater risk — and more Americans will needlessly lose their lives.

Agents for Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement perform difficult, dangerous and — yes — essential jobs.