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Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act in Minnesota Over ICE Protests

Minnesota leaders vow legal challenges to any troop deployment following two ICE‑related shootings.

A group of protesters surrounded several National Guard vehicles that were driving on Lake Street towards the blockade under the Hiawatha Light Rail station and forced them to reverse out in Minneapolis in May 2020.
A man is pushed to the ground as federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on January 15, 2026, in Minneapolis.
Protesters and police face each other during a rally for George Floyd in Minneapolis on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. Four Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of the black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday, hours after a bystander's video showed an officer kneeling on the handcuffed man's neck, even after he pleaded that he could not breathe and stopped moving. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)
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Overview

  • White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Insurrection Act remains at the president’s disposal, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she discussed the option with him.
  • Protests in Minneapolis escalated after an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Nicole Good on January 7, followed by another federal shooting that injured Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis on January 14.
  • Governor Tim Walz urged de‑escalation, and Mayor Jacob Frey said Minneapolis needs ICE to leave rather than an influx of federal troops.
  • Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said he will challenge any military deployment and is already suing the federal government over the immigration operation.
  • The federal “Metro Surge” has deployed roughly 2,000 immigration officers to the Twin Cities with more than 2,500 arrests since late November, while polling shows more Americans oppose than support sending troops to Minnesota.