Attorney General Pam Bondi vows "full force of federal law" against protestors as tension over ICE remains high in the state.

The White House deputy chief of staff's bizarre claim came after a New York Post columnist wrote that “local cops have gone AWOL."

The Justice Department said it would investigate the protest over a pastor’s apparent role in immigration enforcement in the state.

A Sunday morning church service in the Twin Cities interrupted by anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters is the latest flash point in escalating tensions between the Trump administration and demonstrators in Minnesota.

The ruling in a case from December applies to federal agents participating in immigration enforcement under Operation Metro Surge.

Now, 1,500 active-duty soldiers are on standby for possible deployment to the area — so too is the Minnesota National Guard — as President Trump has said he's considering the insurrection act. Around midday Sunday, no federal officers were spotted standing guard outside Whipple, but Hennepin County sheriff's deputies were on scene.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has mobilized the state National Guard to support the Minnesota State Patrol, a spokesperson for the guard said Saturday.

Days of demonstrations against immigration agents and a new lawsuit have left Minnesota tense. Federal officers sprayed eye irritant and dropped tear gas at activists on Tuesday in Minneapolis.

Fox News legal editor Kerri Urbahn assesses the DOJ opening a civil rights probe into a Minnesota church protest on ‘America Reports.’