A Minnesota lawmaker plans to introduce a bill when the new legislative session begins which will allow citizens to file lawsuits against the federal government if their civil rights are violated.

The bill, introduced by Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party state Rep. Jamie Long, comes amid a surge of ICE agents to the state, leading to tense altercations between anti-ICE protesters and federal agents.

"What we can do at the state level is try to provide civil remedies so that someone could sue to get access to damage,"Long told CBS News. "So for example, agents have been breaking car windows to try to pull out U.S. citizens, so they could sue to get damages."

Over a week ago, an ICE agent fatally shot anti-ICE protester Renee Good in her car. The Department of Homeland Security says Good was trying to run the ICE agent over with her car; while state and federal Democratic leaders say she was trying to flee the scene. Since her death, clashes between federal agents and protesters have intensified, which has created dangerous situations for innocent bystanders.

News of the bill comes as a couple with six young children told CBS News that they were driving home from one of their children’s sporting events when they were caught up in an anti-ICE protest.

Mother Destiny Jackson told CBS News that ICE agents approached her car, screaming at her husband to get out of the area.

"They stopped at my car, and they proceeded to yell in and said, 'Get out of here.' Well, they used profanity. And my husband screamed and said, 'We're trying,'" Jackson said.

The situation intensified, and Jackson said that an agent placed a gas canister under their car.

"Within seconds, there was a big boom and our car was up in the air and we slammed down and all of our airbags deployed and all of our doors locked. And tear gas just started forming, a ball of gas just started forming around the car," Destiny Jackson said.

She said that her six month old baby was not breathing and had “foam or bubbles forming coming out of his mouth.” She administered CPR, and he was revived.

The couple created a GoFundMe account to raise money to cover the cost of a new vehicle and to cover the family’s legal fees. So far, the GoFundMe has raised over $59,000.

DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said that the family of eight was "NEVER targeted" by ICE, and that they had fallen victim to the actions of rioters.

"Following three criminal illegal aliens violently beating a law enforcement officer with weapons, hundreds of rioters and agitators surrounded law enforcement, began assaulting them and even launching fireworks at them. Law enforcement followed their training and reasonably deployed crowd control measures," McLaughlin said in a statement to the National News Desk.

“This family was the victim of rioters and agitators whose lawless behavior is encouraged by Minnesota’s top leaders, including Governor Walz and Mayor Frey. They repeatedly encouraged an organized resistance to ICE and federal law enforcement officers," McLaughlin continued.

There are five states that already have laws in place allowing for civilians to sue federal authorities for civil rights violations, including California, Maine, Massachusetts, Illinois and New Jersey.