Trump threatened to invoke the rarely used act if officials failed to quell protests against ICE agents, which have grown after two people were shot.
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United States President Donald Trump has warned he might invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy US troops to Minnesota if state officials do not work to calm the protests there against federal immigration authorities, who he said are “only trying to do their job”.
His warning came at a time when widespread protests and political tension have gripped Minneapolis – Minnesota’s largest city – following two recent shootings involving federal immigration agents. Those include the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, 37, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer.
