Target Corp. was hoping for a fresh start with a new chief executive officer, but an immigration crackdown in its hometown, Minneapolis, is putting the retailer back in a familiar position: confronting a political maelstrom that’s disrupting operations.

A Minnesota state representative said two Richfield Target employees detained by U.S. Border Patrol on Jan. 8 were U.S. citizens and were both injured in the incident. Rep. Michael Howard, a Democrat who represents Wards 10 and 11 in Minneapolis and all of Richfield,

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, the New York Times reported Saturday.

Demonstrators gathered after two U.S. citizen Target employees were arrested by ICE, calling on the retailer to bar agents without judicial warrants.

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,

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.

Video showed the workers were pinned to the floor in the store's entrance.

Target’s corporate culture, once known for flexibility and collaboration, is starting to show cracks, with employees describing a workplace increasingly defined by uncertainty, poor communication and “business decisions.” Those frustrations reached a ...