The Whipple Federal Building has become both a staging ground for immigration agents and a hub for demonstrations against the crackdown in the Twin Cities.

Students at the FAIR School in Crystal, Minnesota, are coming together to protest the immigration crackdown by creating a paper "chain of love" that now hangs over the cafeteria.

By Brad Brooks, Daniel Trotta and Andrew Goudsward MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Minneapolis and students across the United States staged walkouts on Friday to demand the withdrawal of federal immigration agents from Minnesota following the fatal shootings of two U.

The announcement by the attorney general follows the arrest and release of journalist Don Lemon after a federal magistrate rejected the criminal complaint.

Nationwide protests took place as questions remain after border czar Tom Homan announced earlier he ordered federal immigration authorities to work on a drawdown plan for Minnesota.

Journalist Don Lemon and eight other people associated with a protest that interrupted a worship service at a Minnesota church have been charged with violating two different federal laws that are designed to prevent disruptions to Americans' rights.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi described the protesters as "rioters" and said they allegedly assaulted federal law enforcement.

Threats against a federal official and their child began soon after people vandalized government vehicles and made off with FBI documents in Minneapolis in January, complaint alleges

Anti-ICE demonstrators threw sex toys at vehicles outside the Whipple Federal Building before deputies arrested 42 people and counter-protesters in a U-Haul fired paintballs into the crowd.