President Trump warns he may use the Insurrection Act to deploy troops in Minnesota after ICE-related shootings spark protests.
What is the Insurrection Act? President Donald Trump’s threat to Deploy Troops to Minnesota
The Insurrection Act is a U.S. law passed in 1807.
It allows the President of the United States to use the military inside the country in certain emergency situations.
Normally, the U.S. military cannot be used for regular law enforcement inside the country. The Insurrection Act is one of the few exceptions.
What does the Act allow a President to do?
Under the Insurrection Act, a president can deploy the Army or National Guard to:
- Stop violent uprisings or riots
- Enforce federal law if states are unable or unwilling to do so
- Protect civil rights when state authorities fail to protect people
The Insurrection Act gives the president power to use soldiers when normal policing breaks down.
The Insurrection Act in Minnesota? Inside Trump’s threat to Deploy Troops to Minnesota
President Donald J. Trump has threatened to invoke the rarely used Insurrection Act of 1807 in Minnesota after days of intense protests in Minneapolis tied to federal immigration enforcement. In a Social post, Trump warned that if Minnesota’s leaders do not enforce the law and stop what he calls “professional agitators and insurrectionists” from confronting federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, he will “institute the Insurrection Act, which many presidents have done before,” to deploy military forces and “put an end to the travesty taking place” in the state.
The president’s comments came amid rising tensions following multiple shootings involving ICE officers and widespread civil unrest, prompting a debate about federal authority, state responsibility, and the potential use of military power on U.S. soil.
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