Legal experts weigh in on the extent of federal immigration officers' authority after the fatal shooting in Minneapolis.

Vice President JD Vance’s claim Thursday that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis is “protected by absolute immunity” drew immediate pushback from experts who said the legal landscape around a potential prosecution is far more complicated.

Cooperation among law enforcement agencies is critical to many investigations, experts say. After a series of shootings by immigration agents, the relationship is showing cracks.

In a press conference Friday, Vance said federal agents have "absolute immunity," which legal experts say is not true.

The Connecticut legislature recently made changes to the laws governing how local and state officials interact with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and limiting what ICE agents can do in the state. The revisions to state law were made in ...

Federal immigration agents are not immune from federal or state prosecution if they break the law. The federal government has prosecuted immigration agents who broke the law in the line of duty. States can’t prosecute federal immigration agents for ...

A bill by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) would make it easier for people to sue federal immigration officers in state court over constitutional violations.

Becca Good, the wife of Renee Nicole Good, released a statement on her wife's fatal shooting by an ICE agent. saying, "We stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns" A vigil has been set up at the location where Renee was shot,