US federal agents are acting as “provocateurs” as nationwide rallies against US President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration policies gain fresh momentum, says an analyst.

Eyewitnesses to a recent fatal shooting in the US city of Minneapolis and the family of the victim challenge the federal account of the incident, saying the government is spreading “lies” about what happened.

Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that 120 Iranian immigrants are currently in the process of returning to the country from the United States.

A Salvadoran man, whose wrongful deportation to his native country is at the center of a row over US President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, has been detained again.