President Donald Trump on Thursday warned he could invoke the rarely used Insurrection Act of 1807 to send federal troops into Minnesota to suppress ongoing protests sparked by his administrationβs aggressive immigration enforcement in Minneapolis.
The escalation followed a confrontation Wednesday in which a federal immigration officer wounded a man after being attacked with a shovel and a broom handle, inflaming tensions already high since an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Minneapolis resident Renee Good earlier this month.
Protesters demonstrate against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after federal agents fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good during an ICE operation, Minneapolis, Jan. 15, 2026.
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