A lawyer who represented the immigration agent who shot dead an unarmed American woman in Minnesota earlier this month ended his Republican campaign for state governor on Monday, after federal authorities killed a second civilian.Â
The rare move highlighted deep political and legal tensions over immigration enforcement that have thrust the midwestern state and its largest city, Minneapolis -- where both killings occurred -- into the international spotlight.
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