U.S. President Donald Trump rallied supporters in Iowa on Tuesday as he worked to shore up support in a Midwestern political battleground just south of Minnesota, where a confrontation ​was escalating over federal immigration agents' aggressive tactics.

Hours after saying that he might “de-escalate” an aggressive ICE crackdown in Minnesota, Trump portrayed those arrested by federal agents there as “hardened, vicious, horrible criminals.”

President Donald Trump defended HHS Sec Kristi Noem amid growing calls for her resignation following deadly federal immigration operations in Minnesota.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz tells Anderson Cooper that his meeting with White House border czar Tom Homan, who is now leading the federal immigration crackdown in the state, was “progress” but also said that the administration “started this fire.

The GOP is divided over President Donald Trump's efforts to calm down the violence in Minnesota between protesters and ICE.

Donald Trump said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem would remain in her post despite the president’s decision to reshuffle the leadership running his deportation effort in Minnesota following widespread outcry over the killing of two US citizens by federal agents.

Thousands of protesters gathered outside the Horizon Events Center with demonstrations fueled largely by outrage over two killings in Minneapolis.

A federal judge in Minnesota on Monday threatened to hold the acting U.S.