US EditionTrump threatens to impose Insurrection Act, send troops into Minneapolis
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to send nearly 3,000 federal officers to Minnesota, with Karoline Leavitt calling it a `tool at the president's disposal`.
- After a fatal ICE shooting last week, the unrest followed Renee Good's death and the Trump administration’s revocation of humanitarian parole for some Venezuelans.
- Protesters faced arrests and aggressive stops as federal immigration officers used flash-bang grenades and tear gas, arrested demonstrators near the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, and detained students on St. Paul Public Schools routes.
- The state's legal and military posture shifted when Minnesota attorney-general sued this week alleging a pattern of unlawful conduct, and Governor Tim Walz placed the National Guard on standby.
- Legal experts caution that the Insurrection Act of 1807 allows presidents to deploy military or federalise National Guard units for unrest, but Joseph Nunn called such use here a `flagrant abuse` and warned soldiers lack crowd-control training.
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By Holly Yan, Zachary B. Wolf, Karina Tsui and Amanda Musa, CNN. Tensions flared again in Minneapolis on Thursday following the second shooting by a federal immigration agent in just one week, as President Donald Trump threatened to invoke a century-old law that would allow the deployment of US troops to Minnesota. Heated clashes broke out several times between protesters and law enforcement outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, as …
Presidents rarely use the Insurrection Act. How Trump might invoke it in Minnesota.
President Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act as protesters clash with ICE in Minnesota. The 1807 act allows presidents to deploy a military presence on U.S. streets in rare circumstances.
Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday threatened to invoke the 1807 U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. Army or National Guard law to suffocate the persistent protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents dispatched to Minneapolis last Tuesday.
Trump threatens to send troops to Minneapolis under Insurrection Act
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his administration’s massive immigration crackdown.
Trump threatens to use Insurrection Act in Minnesota: What it means
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 immigrati…
Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to end protests
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his administration's massive immigration crackdown.
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