Jan. 14 (UPI) -- An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and wounded an immigrant in Minneapolis on Wednesday evening, prompting officials to reiterate their demand that federal immigration law enforcement leave the city.
Thousands of heavily armed and masked ICE and Department of Homeland Security agents have been deployed to the city for Operation Metro Surge, which began in December, to conduct neighborhood sweeps and make arrests of immigrants with criminal convictions -- attracting staunch protest from residents.
Tensions between the resident of Minneapolis and federal immigration law enforcement have been ratcheted high after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good earlier this month.
The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that the Wednesday evening shooting followed federal law enforcement officers pulling over a Venezuelan immigrant who was allegedly in the country illegally at about 6:50 p.m. CT.
The immigrant allegedly fled arrest, crashing his vehicle into a parked car before taking off on foot.
