At least six career prosecutors in the Minneapolis U.S. Attorney's office have resigned as the office continues to face pressure to treat the investigation of the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer​ as an assault on a federal officer case.

Veteran federal prosecutors in Minnesota resign after pressure from Justice Department leaders to investigate the widow of Renee Macklin Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent, raising new questions about political interference.

One week after ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Minneapolis resident Renee Good during a brief encounter on Jan. 7, Minnesota streets have been flooded with federal officers, and confrontations with protesters have escalated.

Days of demonstrations against immigration agents and a new lawsuit have left Minnesota tense. Federal authorities used tear gas on Monday to break up crowds of whistle-blowing activists.

Federal prosecutor Joe Thompson, who led the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud investigation, has resigned from Minnesota's U.S. Attorney's Office.

WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - At least a dozen federal prosecutors have indicated plans to leave the U.S. Justice Department over the Trump administration's handling of the fatal shooting of a Minnesota woman by a U.S. immigration officer and other civil rights cases, according to three people familiar with the situation.

Officials in Minnesota are suing the federal government to stop the deployment of thousands of immigration agents to Minnesota, the state's top prosecutor said Monday.

President Donald Trump vowed "day of reckoning" for Minnesota as more ICE agents head to Minneapolis amid fraud crackdown.

The number of ICE agents operating in Minnesota is expected to increase, even as state and city leaders attempt to stop the escalation through legal action.