Minnesota Federal Enforcement

Minnesota prosecutors have charged an ICE agent with assault for pointing his gun at the occupants of a car on a Minneapolis highway. The criminal case announced Thursday is believed to be the first brought against a federal immigration officer involved in the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, part of a broader surge of federal agents to U.S. cities. Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. is charged with two counts of second-degree assault in the Feb. 5 incident. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said Morgan illegally drove along the shoulder of the highway and pointed his service weapon at two people in a vehicle. Morgan and officials with the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department have not responded to emails seeking comment.