The state of Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security to end the "unlawful, unprecedented surge of the federal law enforcement agents into Minnesota," Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said at a news conference on Monday.

Minneapolis residents say the killing of Renee Nicole Good triggered memories of 2020 in a city long conditioned to organize after violence by authorities.

Federal agents are carrying out immigration arrests in Minnesota’s Twin Cities region already shaken by the fatal shooting of a woman.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem vowed to deploy hundreds of additional federal officers to Minnesota this week amid nationwide outcry and protests.

Two days after an ICE agent killed 37-year-old Renee Good on Portland Avenue in south Minneapolis, about a thousand people converged outside the Canopy by Hilton and Depot Renaissance hotels, working on the belief that ICE agents were being housed there.

Renee Nicole Good’s final moments were spent in her maroon Honda Pilot, her son’s stuffed animals peeking out from the glove compartment. She had stopped in the middle of a tree-lined south Minneapolis street and motioned for unmarked government vehicles to drive past.

Tensions between residents and federal immigration officers continued to rise in the Twin Cities area. Officers responded with tear gas to a crowd of whistle-blowing

Renee Nicole Good's death sparked protests in large and small cities across the country, which are expected to continue throughout the weekend.

Democratic state officials in Minnesota said they will sue over the surge in federal immigration enforcement officers. All as there were intensifying clashes between protestors and officers. NBC News’ Maggie Vespa reports.