US President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that a "softer touch" may be needed on immigration, as his administration said 700 federal officers would be pulled from Minnesota but that mass deportations would not stop.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney detailed to Minnesota to help handle the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities has been removed from her post after telling a judge that the job “sucks” because of the crushing workload and the government’s apparent inability to comply with court orders.

Federal agents in the Twin Cities lately have been conducting more targeted immigration arrests at homes and neighborhoods, rather than staging in parking lots. The convoys have been harder to find and less aggressive.

Yes. Recording in public is allowed under the First Amendment. A few states require bystanders to stay a certain distance away from first responders. For example, under Florida’s Halo Law, people are required to stay at least 25 feet away from law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency medical responders.

At least 8 states have either prohibited or set restrictions against local police and sheriff’s offices entering into 287(g) partnerships.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government lawyer who told a judge that her job “sucks” during a court hearing stemming from the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota has been removed from her Justice Department post, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Since the start of Trump's first presidential term in 2017, people have pitted his policies on immigration against Obama's.

Healthcare providers across Minnesota said fear of immigration enforcement operations is keeping patients from showing up to medical appointments, including both routine visits and critical care.

Federal immigration enforcement officials are using a growing arsenal of surveillance tools to track immigrants and protesters, including facial detection apps and databases, cellphone trackers and drones.

A Minnesota church volunteer was detained by ICE during a routine asylum check-in, leaving his family shaken, and fearful.

President Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan announced a drawdown of 700 federal immigration enforcement personnel from Minnesota on Feb. 4.