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After New ICE Shooting in Minneapolis, Trump Threatens Insurrection Act

The rarely used law would allow military deployment for domestic policing, last invoked in 1992.

Overview

  • Homeland Security said an ICE officer fired a defensive shot that struck a Venezuelan man in the leg during an arrest struggle, prompting hours of clashes where fireworks were launched at agents.
  • Hundreds of additional ICE personnel have been sent to Minnesota this week, adding to roughly 2,000 already deployed in the state.
  • Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis leaders condemned federal tactics and demanded a withdrawal, with Walz citing door-to-door interrogations by armed, masked, undertrained agents.
  • Attorneys for Renee Nicole Good’s family launched a civil inquiry, while Democrats questioned the FBI investigation’s impartiality after officials framed the earlier killing as self-defense.
  • Trump has issued similar threats in recent months but has not acted on them, and Minneapolis and Minnesota have filed lawsuits challenging the federal operations, with Illinois pursuing a parallel case.