Federal immigration officers shot two people in Portland, Ore., on Thursday during a “targeted vehicle stop” of a Venezuelan illegal immigrant believed to have ties to the transnational gang Tren de Aragua.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer has shot and killed a Minneapolis driver during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown on a major American city.

The Department of Homeland Security claimed an officer shot at a vehicle that tried to run agents over. There was no immediate independent corroboration of the events.

A day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed 37-year-old mother of three Renee Good as she tried to drive away on a snowy Minneapolis street, tensions have remained high.

Homeland Security said Tuesday that it launched what it described as the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out, tied to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents in Minnesota.

Trumps decision to send militarised personnel into US cities to conduct immigration enforcement drew long-running nightly protests outside the ICE building in Portland.

We have been in direct contact with the hotel, and they have apologized for the actions of their team, which was not in keeping with their policies."

Two people were wounded in a shooting involving Customs and Border Patrol agents in Portlant, officials said.