Stephen Colbert Scott Kowalchyk/CBS Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment The fatal encounter between a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent and Minneapolis mother Renee Nicole Good, which ended with her being shot dead, has ignited nationwide protests on city streets and prompted several late-night television hosts to deliver confrontational monologues spotlighting deep fractures in public trust in ICE and national immigration policy. On the morning of Jan. 7, federal immigration agents conducting a large-scale enforcement operation in Minneapolis approached Good's vehicle after she had dropped off her youngest child at school, family members said. Federal officials claim Good attempted to use her vehicle as a weapon against officers. An ICE agent opened fire. Good was struck and later died at a hospital. Since the killing, federal officials have echoed President Trump's language in a post on his Truth Social platform, asserting that the agent acted in self-defense. Minneapolis officials and local leaders have disputed the Trump administration's characterization of the incident and called the shooting a reckless use of force by ICE. On Thursday night, as ICE protesters took to the streets for a second consecutive evening, late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert and The Daily Show's Ronny Chieng ripped into ICE over the killing of Good. They criticized Trump for asserting unproven claims about the incident. On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the soon-to-be-departing host called the shooting "a senseless yet entirely predictable tragedy," criticizing the administration's rapid justification of the agent's actions and its framing of Good as a domestic terrorist. Colbert highlighted video evidence that appears to contradict official accounts and lamented what he described as a disturbing pattern of violence by federal agents with little accountability. He also took aim at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who made tenuous and heavily refuted statements about Good and her killing at a news conference Wednesday - delivered while wearing a massive, distracting cowboy hat. "I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you lying over your hat," Colbert quipped, donning his own 50-gallon cowboy hat when the show cut back from her remarks. Meanwhile, Trump's least-favorite late-night host, Jimmy Kimmel, went further in his condemnation of Good's killing, lambasting political leaders for defending what he called the "indefensible." Kimmel accused President Trump and other officials of misrepresenting the incident and dismissed the domestic-terrorism label as dangerous hyperbole. He echoed the sentiments of many Minneapolis residents and late-night peers in urging accountability and transparency, warning against a culture that excuses deadly force against unarmed civilians. "There used to be a baseline of truth that doesn't seem to exist anymore, and there used to be a baseline of decency," Kimmel said, before referencing Trump's widely condemned response to the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner. "Like when, let's say, a beloved director and his wife were murdered, allegedly by their own son, a leader would either say something nice or say nothing at all. And those days are gone - maybe not forever, hopefully not forever - but for now, they're gone." Kimmel also aired a video of Trump's top adviser, Stephen Miller, speaking at a rally during his high school years. In the clip, Miller addresses his fellow high school students in his hometown of Santa Monica saying as a class leader, he will ask that the janitors be made to pick up the students' trash. Ronny Chieng was behind the desk on The Daily Show on Thursday, and in a lengthy monologue, he tore into Noem - yes, the hat got a mention - while approaching the story from a different angle, focusing on how and why the shooting occurred. In the segment, Chieng broadened the critique to ICE's conduct and culture, pointing to aggressive recruitment of gun-rights supporters and military-style personnel, as well as allegedly lower training and screening standards. Chieng also cited multiple violent incidents involving ICE agents, including U.S. citizens being detained or injured, masked ICE agents using force at protests and federal officers escalating otherwise routine encounters. He argued that ICE increasingly operates like a militarized force rather than a traditional law-enforcement agency, fostering fear in communities and making confrontations more dangerous for everyone involved. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Golden Globes 2026 Golden Globes Inks Exclusive Prediction Market Partnership With Polymarket Heated Rivalry Gracie Abrams Says Forthcoming New Music is "Definitely My Favorite I've Ever Made" John Mulaney J