Two US citizens who are employees of a Minnesota Target store were detained by federal immigration agents, then dumped in a different parking lot, community leaders and a Democratic politician have alleged.

The Richfield incident is one in a growing number of violent encounters between civilians and federal agents captured on video since the killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE officer Jonathan E Ross on 7 January.

According to Minnesota state representative Michael Howard, who represents Richfield, and video footage taken by witnesses, a team of ICE agents that had assembled at the Target on 8 January forced two employees to the ground at the entrance to the store, then bundled them into a dark SUV.

Senior US border patrol official Gregory Bovino, who has become the public face of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement action in Minnesota and elsewhere, was present during the incident.