Insurrection Act: Trump warns military deployment as Minnesota ICE violence escalates

TLDR:

• President Trump threatens to deploy military to Minnesota using rarely invoked Insurrection Act if protests against ICE raids continue
• Federal agents involved in three shootings in past week, including one fatal; DHS reports 1,300% spike in assaults against agents
• Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz compares federal operations to military “occupation” in prime-time address
• Standoff intensifies as 2,000 arrests made since December amid escalating violence on both sides

President Trump threatened Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy the military to Minnesota if protesters continue attacking federal immigration agents, intensifying a confrontation between the White House and Democratic state leaders.

“If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrections from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to their job, I will institute the Insurrection Act,” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The threat comes after three shootings involving ICE agents in recent days. On Wednesday, an agent shot a Venezuelan migrant in the leg after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle. Last week, an agent fatally shot Nicole Good when she allegedly drove her car at him during an enforcement operation.

The Department of Homeland Security reports a 1,300% increase in assaults against federal agents and has made 2,000 arrests in Minnesota since December.

Gov. Tim Walz compared federal operations to a military “occupation” in a prime-time address. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called the situation “not sustainable.”

The 1807 Insurrection Act, last used during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, has been invoked only 30 times in U.S. history.

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