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Eight people were arrested outside a federal building in Minneapolis on Tuesday, according to the Department of Homeland Security, as the Trump administration<\/a> doubled down on threats to protesters and city and state officials who might try to impede their mass deportation agenda.<\/p>\n Throughout the afternoon, crowds of people who gathered in protest against the continued presence and violent tactics of federal immigration officers in the city were hit with teargas, pepper balls and flash bangs. Demonstrators have amassed in the city and across the country after the Minneapolis mother Renee Nicole Good<\/a> was killed by a federal immigration agent.<\/p>\n Online, meanwhile, administration officials issued dire warnings.<\/p>\n \u201c[The] Department of Justice has made clear that if officials cross that line into obstruction, into criminal conspiracy against the United States, or against ICE officers they will face justice,\u201d Trump\u2019s deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller said on Fox News, after repeating the administration\u2019s claim that ICE officers have federal immunity.<\/p>\n The clashes came as the DHS prepared to deploy more officers to the Minneapolis<\/a> area, in the midst of what the administration called \u201cits largest operation in DHS history\u201d.<\/p>\n A DHS official told CBS News that there were 800 Customs and Border Protection agents and 2,000 ICE officials in the Minneapolis area as tensions have risen in recent days.<\/p>\n The Pentagon is also poised to dispatch military lawyers to the area to aid in an expected surge in federal persecutions, CNN reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St Paul have sued the Trump administration<\/a> seeking an end to the surge, and what local officials have characterized as a \u201cfederal invasion\u201d according to the suit filed on Monday.<\/p>\n