Trump threatens to use Insurrection Act in Minnesota in response to ICE protests

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Source: theguardian.com
Trump threatens to use Insurrection Act in Minnesota in response to ICE protests

Protests continue across state and governor urges peace one week after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good

Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota in response to protests in Minneapolis against federal immigration enforcement operations, as Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz, overnight urged demonstrators in Minneapolis to be peaceful amid escalating tensions.

In a post on Truth Social on Thursday morning, Trump said he would institute the Insurrection Act and “quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place” in Minnesota if the “corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of ICE”.

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