By Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart and Chandni Shah, Reuters
Photo: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP
Trump had threatened Insurrection Act to control protests against ICE
Minnesota governor mobilises National Guard amid rising tensions
Eleventh Airborne Division soldiers in Alaska on standby
Confrontations increasingly tense after ICE agent killed Renee Good.
The Pentagon has ordered about 1500 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 US officials told Reuters.
The army placed
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