The officers would be deployed to bolster the safety of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol officials already in Minnesota, Noem said on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" program. Some 2,000 federal officers have already been dispatched to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in what DHS has called its largest operation ever.

The new deployments began even as more than 1,000 rallies took place nationwide on Saturday and Sunday to protest the federal government's deportation push and Wednesday's fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good by an ICE officer.

Video from Chicago, Pittsburgh and other cities showed crowds in the streets on Sunday, though none appeared to be as large as Saturday's gathering in Minneapolis.

Thousands of people marched peacefully in New York City on Sunday, stopping in front of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue where demonstrators blocked traffic and chanted, "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Donald Trump has got to go!" The New York Times reported.

Thousands of demonstrators also took to the streets of Minneapolis on Saturday chanting the name of the woman killed by a federal agent in the city, amid widespread anger at use of force in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

Organizers said more than 1,000 events were planned across the United States under the slogan "ICE, Out for Good" -- referring to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency that is drawing growing opposition over its execution of President Donald Trump's effort at mass deportations.

The slogan is also a reference to Renee Good, the 37-year-old mother shot dead in her car by an ICE agent on Wednesday.

Thousands braved frigid weather and streamed toward a snow-covered park to mobilize near the scene of the shooting. They carried signs demanding "ICE OUT" of Minnesota.

Minnesota officials have called the shooting of Good unjustified, pointing to bystanders video they say showed her vehicle turning away from the agent as he fired.

Noem and other US officials have maintained that the agent acted in self-defense because Good, a volunteer in a community network that monitors and records ICE operations in Minneapolis, drove forward in the direction of the agent who then shot her, after another agent had approached the driver's side and told her to get out of the car.

In a separate Sunday appearance on CNN's "State of the Union," Noem said other video footage showed Good protesting ICE agents at other locations earlier on Wednesday morning, but did not say if or when it would be publicly released.

Minnesota authorities on Friday said they were opening their own criminal investigation into the incident, after some state law enforcement officials said the FBI was refusing to cooperate with state investigators.

White House Border Security Czar Tom Homan said on "Fox News Sunday" that he wanted to let the investigation play out, but that he "truly believe[s] that officer thought his life was in danger to take that action."

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