Is Trump facing a civil war in Minneapolis?

federal soldier in-migration agents feature crack and killed 2 American citizens in Minneapolis in a matter of weeks. Despite their mandate, their presence in the city has radicalized protesters and polarized the US.

Weeks after the death of Renee Good, and a day after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by US Border Patrol agents, a mob of protesters descended on a hotel they believed to be housing federal immigration officers on Sunday night. The demonstration quickly turned into a riot as activists spray-painted ‘f**k ICE’ on the hotel’s windows and battered their way into the lobby, while armed agents attempted to hold them back.

The agents called for local backup, which reportedly arrived late and refused to physically move the rioters. The melee was eventually broken up by more federal agents, who arrived with tear gas.

Last night hundreds of craze lunatics broke into a hotel and began beating up the staff because two ICE officers were staying there.After several hours, the two agents were able to push them out.The police never came. Trump must declare the Insurrection Act or pull ice out of… pic.twitter.com/CdE9uD4iph

The incident marked the latest escalation in US President Donald Trump’s Minnesota crackdown. Trump’s government agencies are now facing off against a network of activists and their political backers, and both sides predict that more blood will be spilled.

The US Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is tasked with seeking out and removing illegal immigrants throughout the US. Although Minneapolis is more than 1,000 miles from the US’ southern border, ICE announced in December that it would launch ‘Operation Metro Surge’ in the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, as news broke of a multi-billion-dollar fraud ring led by Somalis.

Trump announced the deployment of a further 2,000 ICE, Border Patrol, and other federal agents to Minneapolis earlier this month. The US Justice Department has charged 98 members of the Somali fraud ring – many of them naturalized US citizens – with criminal offenses, and ICE agents have arrested 3,000 “criminal illegal aliens” during Operation Metro Surge, according to a statement made by the agency last week.

Liberal activists have held massive protests against the federal deployments from the outset, organizing on ‘ICE Watch’ messaging groups and using vehicles to impede the agents in the streets. Renee Good, a member of one of these groups, blocked a street with her SUV on January 7, leading to a confrontation with Jonathan Ross, an ICE agent.

The lesbian teacher was ordered to get out of her vehicle, but refused and drove forward. It is unclear whether she intended to ram Ross, but he fired three times, killing her.

BREAKING: Alpha News has obtained cellphone footage showing perspective of federal agent at center of ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis pic.twitter.com/p2wks0zew0

The latest incident happened on Saturday, when US Border Patrol agents shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, a Minneapolis resident and intensive care nurse. Pretti was carrying a legally-owned Sig P320 handgun at an anti-ICE protest. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claimed that Pretti had brandished the weapon at the agents, although this is not clear from video footage of the incident.

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