The Trump administration is increasing the number of ICE agents in Minnesota. The mayor of Minneapolis had asked them to get the “hell” out of town

The Trump administration will deploy more than 100 agents of the US Border Protection Agency (ICE) in the state of Minnesota after a 37-year-old woman was fatally shot by an agent of the Immigration Service, the New York Times reports on Thursday, Agerpres reports.

The agents will be “redirected from operations in Chicago and New Orleans and their presence should last until Sunday”, writes the newspaper, citing documents it obtained.

Hundreds of people gathered in front of a building in Minneapolis on Thursday morning, where they were met by numerous armed police, to protest the circumstances in which the 37-year-old woman died.

Brief clashes took place between the demonstrators and the police and at least two people were arrested, according to an AFP photojournalist.

Chanting “Out with ICE now!”, the demonstrators challenge the official version of self-defense supported by Donald Trump and his administration. According to the American government, the 37-year-old woman allegedly tried to hit agents of the Immigration Service with her car.

The official version is strongly contested by local authorities, including Democratic Governor Tim Walz.

“The willingness to take to the streets to protest and denounce how wrong this administration is is, at this point, a patriotic duty — but it must be done in complete safety,” he said Wednesday night.

The victim, Renée Nicole Good, had three children and was a US citizen. Several posters with her, in which she appears blonde and smiling, were circulated in Minneapolis, with the message “murdered by ICE”.