US agents use teargas on Minneapolis protesters as anti-ICE calls intensify

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Source: theguardian.com
US agents use teargas on Minneapolis protesters as anti-ICE calls intensify

Trump officials announce ‘largest operation in DHS history’ as 800 border agents flood into city alongside ICE

Federal officers in Minneapolis used teargas and eye irritant against activists on Tuesday as the Department of Homeland Security announced it was carrying out “its largest operation in DHS history”, deploying hundreds of border agents on top of the thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents already in the city.

A DHS official told CBS News that there were currently 800 Customs and Border Protection agents and 2,000 ICE officials in the Minneapolis area as tensions have risen in recent days.

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