"Imagine having no life that you go to Target, purchase salt, then stand in line just to return it as a 'form of protest' towards a company more leftist than each and every one of them. This happened in Edina, MN, and all it proved was out of touch liberals love to annoy Target employees," wrote an X user @BasedBandita.

Target has come under pressure from protesters and pols in its home state of Minnesota after ICE agents detained two employees of the big box retailer who were US citizens. Federal immigration agents detained the workers inside a Richfield,

It's the latest in a string of protests directed at Target amid the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

More than 100 Twin Cities clergy gathered at the skyway entrance to Target’s downtown Minneapolis headquarters Thursday to sing, pray and demand the retailer take a stronger stand against federal law enforcement activity in the metro and prevent agents from using its properties as staging grounds.

Target (TGT) is again caught in a political storm after federal immigration agents detained two employees outside one of its stores in Richfield, Minnesota, an incident captured on cellphone video that has sparked protests and renewed calls for a boycott,

On Thursday, more than 100 clergy members from around Minnesota held a press conference outside Target's Downtown Minneapolis store, calling for the company to stand with "their community and the state they call home by joining Minnesotans in demanding that the DHS end its surge terrorizing families, neighborhoods, and businesses ."

The letter, delivered by a small contingent of local members of the faith community, urged Target officials to denounce the Immigration and Customs Enforcement surge happening in Minnesota.

The leader of Target Corp., which has been pressured to take a public stance on the federal government's immigration crackdown in Minnesota, will meet with a group of clergy members this week.

A video showing federal immigration agents detaining two Target employees in the Minneapolis area is drawing outrage online, while the Department of Homeland Security is defending its actions.