US EditionPentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota: Report
The Pentagon alerted 1,500 active-duty soldiers amid protests following Renee Good's killing and immigration enforcement surge, with deployment possible under the Insurrection Act.
- On Sunday, the Pentagon ordered roughly 1,500 active-duty U.S. soldiers to prepare for possible deployment to Minnesota, placing units on alert in case violence escalates, The Washington Post reported.
- After the January 7, 2026 shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent, President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act if officials do not stop protesters targeting immigration agents.
- The soldiers come from two infantry battalions of the 11th Airborne Division , and defense officials called the step `prudent planning`.
- District Judge Kate Menendez's Friday order barred federal agents from using chemical irritants and detaining peaceful protesters, while Governor Tim Walz mobilized the Minnesota National Guard without deploying them to city streets.
- Historically, the Insurrection Act is a rarely invoked 19th-century statute last used in 1992 by George H.W. Bush, and deploying active-duty troops would shift civil-military relations amid legal challenges.
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Pentagon orders 1,500 troops to prepare for Minnesota deployment
The Pentagon has ordered roughly 1,500 active-duty troops to remain on standby for a possible deployment to Minnesota, where anti-ICE protests are prevalent after an officer-involved shooting that killed a woman. Tensions between federal and state officials are growing increasingly fraught after President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, though he has since backtracked, in response to the protests. Invoking the 19th-centur…
US President Trump has hundreds of soldiers in Alaska alerted, supposedly to satisfy the situation.
The spokesman for the Pentagon, Sean Parnell, said that "the Department of War is always ready to execute the orders of the Supreme Commander, if requested," writes Politico. The Pentagon ordered a number of approximately 1,500...
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PerthNowPentagon readies troops for Minnesota deployment
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers in Alaska to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of large protests against the government’s deportation drive, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday. The U.S. Army placed the units on prepare-to-deploy orders in case violence in the midwestern state escalates, the officials said, though it is not clear whether any of them will be sent. Presiden…
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