“ICE messed with the wrong profession”: National Nurses United joins ICE Out of Everywhere National Day of Action

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In a series of press releases over the past week, National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses, with more than 225,000 members across the United States, has expressed their “outrage“ against ICE, has stated that ICE’s “violence, terror, and lawlessness” constitute “a dire public health threat to the entire country and all our communities,” and has demanded “the immediate abolition of ICE.”

National Nurses United has also shared their plans for mobilization. In addition to participating in the “ICE Out of Minnesota Day of Action“ that occurred on Friday, January 23, NNU announced on Monday that they are holding a week of vigils, demonstrations, and protests— including the nation-wide “ICE Out of Everywhere National Day of Action” taking place on January 30 — to honor and seek justice for the murder of one of their own, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs who was killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis on January 24, 2026. National Nurses United are also demanding that members of the U.S. House and Senate vote against funding ICE and other immigration enforcement agencies.

In a January 26 press release, National Nurses United quoted NNU President Mary Turner, an intensive care unit registered nurse in the Twin Cities, who stated: “ICE messed with the wrong profession.” She continued:

“Never get between nurses and our patients. We nurses are forever patient advocates, and that means we will fight to protect you at the bedside and we will fight to protect you in the streets — just as Alex was doing when he was executed in cold blood by border patrol. This stops now. Nurses want ICE abolished. Not one more penny for their crimes.”

Read the full press releases National Nurses United from January 23, January 24, and January 26. And check out the list of events and actions in NNU’s Week of Action here.