Overview
- President Trump said he does not see a reason to invoke the Insurrection Act right now but emphasized he would use it if needed.
- Large ICE deployments to the Twin Cities continue after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent, with ongoing protests and street clashes.
- DHS has surged roughly 2,000 or more agents to the area under a federal operation that has produced at least 2,000 arrests, according to court filings.
- Minnesota leaders have challenged federal tactics in court and publicly urged de-escalation, and a judge denied the state’s bid to temporarily halt ICE operations.
- Recent rulings have constrained related National Guard deployments, Justice Kavanaugh noted the Court has not addressed the Insurrection Act’s scope, and legal scholars say using it here remains uncertain.