A Minnesota prosecutor charged a US immigration officer with two counts of second-degree assault after he pointed his duty weapon at two motorists, in what officials described as the first state criminal charge against a federal agent stemming from Operation Metro Surge.
A Minnesota prosecutor charged a US immigration officer with two counts of second-degree assault after he pointed his duty weapon at two motorists, in what officials described as the first state criminal charge against a federal agent stemming from Operation Metro Surge.
Close up detail of a law enforcement agent is seen during a "National Shutdown" protest against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Los Angeles on January 30, 2026. Donald Trump's border chief said January 29, 2026 that some federal agents could be withdrawn from Minneapolis, the northern US city that has become the flashpoint for the president's immigration crackdown. The Trump administration, facing a public backlash over the shooting deaths of two Americans by federal agents in Minneapolis, also eased immigration operations in the northeastern state of Maine.