Minnesota prosecutor charges ICE agent with assault

State prosecutors have charged an ICE agent with assault for pointing his gun at the occupants of a car on a highway in Minneapolis.

The criminal case announced Thursday is believed to be the first brought against a federal immigration officer involved in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. is charged with two counts of second-degree aggravated assault in the Feb. 5 incident.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said Morgan illegally drove along the shoulder of Minnesota State Highway 62 and pointed his service weapon at two people in a vehicle.

Morgan and officials with the Department of Homeland Security and Justice Department have not responded to emails seeking comment.