ByAlison Durkee,
Forbes Staff.
President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota over protests against immigration agents following the killing of Renee Good, further escalating tensions and potentially marking the first time Trump uses the Insurrection Act, which allows him to deploy the military on U.S. soil.
Trump said on Truth Social he will use the Insurrection Act in Minnesota if the state’s Democratic leaders “don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E.”
Protests have broken out in Minnesota over ICE’s presence in the state after Good was shot and killed by a federal immigration agent, sparking more clashes between protesters and federal agents, and tensions further intensified after agents shot a Venezuelan migrant in the leg on Wednesday.
