Nurses, union workers, and community members held candles and sang songs of solidarity during a vigil for Alex Pretti in Durham. Credit: Photo by Jenny WarburgMore than 100 people gathered in front of Durham’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center On January 28, 2026, to honor Alex Pretti. Credit: Photo by Lena GellerUnion members, including the Union of Southern Service Workers, joined a vigil honoring VA nurse Alex Pretti, who was killed by immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. He was trying to protect a woman who had just violently been shoved to the ground.”Pretti’s murder comes amid an already turbulent period for VA nurses. The Durham vigil was one of dozens held across the country this week as part of a large-scale action organized by the labor union National Nurses United.