US EditionArmy puts 1,500 soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment, AP sources say
The Pentagon has prepared 1,500 soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division as a potential response to protests against a federal immigration enforcement operation.
- The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active duty soldiers to be prepared for possible deployment to Minnesota due to an immigration enforcement operation, according to two defense officials.
- Troops are on standby in case President Donald Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, which allows the use of active duty troops as law enforcement.
- Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has urged Trump not to deploy more troops, stating, "This is not who we are."
- Trump has threatened to invoke the act multiple times, but later said there was no reason to use it right now.
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Trump orders active-duty troops to prepare for possible Minnesota deployment
Some 1,500 active-duty soldiers in Alaska are preparing for a possible deployment to Minnesota, according to Politico. “The two battalions, which are with the 11th Airborne Division, would likely be joined by other troops from units across the country that would provide logistic and other support. … The troops have not yet been ordered to deploy, but the move signals a potentially more harder-line approach by the White House after President Dona…
DECRYPTAGE - The Pentagon ordered 1500 Alaska-based unit soldiers to stand ready to intervene in the Democratic State, where major demonstrations are taking place against the immigration police. However, some experts believe that it could be destined for a completely different purpose.
“Not Above the Law”: Law Prof. Michele Goodwin Decries Violent ICE Activity in Minnesota
Federal agents carrying out the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration actions in Minnesota have been widely accused of using excessive force, arresting U.S. citizens, denying people access to legal counsel and other violations. Now President Trump has put 1,500 U.S. military troops on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota under the Insurrection Act, which would mark another major escalation in his attack on dissent. “The federal gov…
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The immigration-related drama in Minnesota took a foreboding turn over the weekend when it was reported that the Pentagon had alerted two battalions of the 11th Airborne Division, based in Alaska, to be prepared for possible deployment. That move followed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s mobilization of the state’s National Guard…
A rarely used law could deploy troops to Minnesota protests
FARGO — About 1,500 U.S. Army soldiers from Alaska are on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota. President Trump has considered invoking the Insurrection Act to end protests against ICE operations in the Twin Cities. The law has only been used about 30 times in U.S. history. In the past, the Insurrection Act has been employed in cases where unrest had turned violent or deadly, or to stop unrest before violence escalated further. It has b…
A Reuters report claimed that the Pentagon is preparing a deployment with 1,500 soldiers for the state of Minnesota, where there have been situations of violence between the civilian population and ICE agents, amid raids against immigrants. The situation has become particularly tense after the death of a woman named Renee Good, due to the shooting of an agent in Minneapolis City. Also... Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesot…
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