Protesters take to the streets in US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland

Another round of protests are planned in Minneapolis over the killing of a local woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officer during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown on a major US city, a day after federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon.

Hundreds of people protesting over the shooting of Renee Good marched in freezing rain on Thursday night, chanting “Ice out now” and holding signs saying, “killer ice off our streets”.

The day began with a charged demonstration outside a federal facility that is serving as a hub for the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul.

Authorities erected barricades outside the facility on Friday.

Meanwhile, city workers removed barricades made of old Christmas trees and other debris that had been blocking the streets near where the Ice officer shot Ms Good as she tried to drive away.

Officials said they would allow a makeshift shrine to the 37-year-old mother of three to remain.

The shooting in Portland, Oregon, took place outside a hospital on Thursday afternoon.

A man and woman, identified by the Department of Homeland Security as Venezuela nationals Luis David Nico Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, were shot inside a vehicle, and their conditions are not immediately known. The FBI and the Oregon Department of Justice were investigating.

Portland mayor Keith Wilson and the city council called on Ice to end all operations in the city until a full investigation is completed.

Hundreds protested on Thursday night at the local Ice building. Early Friday, Portland police reported that officers had arrested several protesters after asking them to move from the street to the pavement, to allow traffic to flow.

Just as it did following Wednesday’s shooting in Minneapolis, the Department of Homeland Security defended the actions of the officers in Portland, saying it occurred after a Venezuelan man with alleged gang ties and who was involved in a recent shooting tried to “weaponise” his vehicle to hit the officers.

Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem, President Donald Trump and others in his administration have repeatedly characterised the Minneapolis shooting as an act of self-defence and cast Ms Good as a villain, suggesting she used her vehicle as a weapon to attack the officer who shot her.

But state and local officials and protesters rejected that characterisation, with Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey saying video recordings show the self-defence argument is “garbage”.

Vice president JD Vance said the shooting was justified and Ms Good was a “victim of left-wing ideology”.

“I can believe that her death is a tragedy while also recognising that it is a tragedy of her own making,” Mr Vance said, noting that the officer who killed her was injured while making an arrest last June.

The Minneapolis shooting happened on the second day of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown on the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul, which Homeland Security said is the biggest immigration enforcement operation ever.

More than 2,000 officers are taking part and Ms Noem said they have made more than 1,500 arrests.

It provoked an immediate response in the city where police killed George Floyd in 2020, with hundreds of people turning up to the scene to vent their outrage at the Ice officers and the school district cancelling classes for the rest of the week as a precaution.

Ms Good’s death — at least the fifth tied to immigration sweeps since Mr Trump took office — has resonated far beyond Minneapolis, with protests happening in other places, including Texas, California, Detroit and Missouri.

The Minnesota agency that investigates officer-involved shootings said on Thursday that it was informed that the FBI and US Justice Department would not work with it, effectively ending any role for the state to determine if crimes were committed. Ms Noem said the state has no jurisdiction.

“Without complete access to the evidence, witnesses and information collected, we cannot meet the investigative standards that Minnesota law and the public demands,” said Drew Evans, head of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

Minnesota governor Tim Walz demanded that the state be allowed to take part, repeatedly emphasising that it would be “very difficult for Minnesotans” to accept that an investigation excluding the state could be fair.

Several bystanders captured video of Ms Good’s killing.

The recordings show an officer approaching an SUV stopped across the middle of the road, demanding the driver open the door and grabbing the handle.

The Honda Pilot begins to pull forward and a different Ice officer standing in front of it pulls his weapon and immediately fires at least two shots at close range, jumping back as the vehicle moves towards him.

It is not clear from the videos if the vehicle makes contact with the officer, and there is no indication of whether the woman had interactions with agents earlier. After the shooting, the SUV speeds into two cars parked on a curb before crashing to a stop.