By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - A public backlash against violent confrontations involving federal immigration agents has U.S. Democrats pushing for new controls on their activities, but with little buy-in so far from Republicans who control Congress.

A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds a jump in disapproval of the agency among Democrats and independents, but Republicans are standing by ICE and the president.

As immigration sweeps expand nationwide, the work of justifying detentions is overwhelming federal prosecutors, who are being forced to sideline a range of other cases in order to keep pace.

Federal judge bars DHS from carrying out warrantless immigration arrests in Oregon without individualized assessments of flight risk.

With eight days until a deadline to keep the Department of Homeland Security running, bipartisan talks on reining in federal immigration agents’ tactics appeared to sputter before they had even gotten underway.

Federal immigration officers detained two people inside the Hennepin County Government Center on Thursday after their court hearing on charges of criminal sexual conduct, drawing the ire of the Hennepin County Public Defender’s Office and the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.

A bipartisan agreement on new restrictions for federal immigration operations in the next two weeks will be exceedingly difficult despite rare negotiations between Democrats and President Donald Trump.

President Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan announced the Department of Homeland Security will be withdrawing 700 personnel from the city “effective immediately.”