Pentagon Stands Ready to Deploy Troops in Minnesota Amid Political Pressure and Immigration Crackdown
As President Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act for immigration enforcement, over 1,500 troops from the Army’s Arctic-trained 11th Airborne Division are on standby—raising urgent questions about militarizing domestic law enforcement.
In a development that starkly highlights Washington’s readiness to escalate federal power deployment inside American borders, the Pentagon has ordered approximately 1,500 active-duty soldiers from Alaska’s specialized 11th Airborne Division onto prepare-to-deploy status. These troops stand ready for potential deployment to Minnesota amid ongoing immigration enforcement operations stirring local unrest. This military posture comes as President Trump again threatens to invoke the seldom-used Insurrection Act of 1807, a powerful presidential authority permitting active-duty troops to undertake law enforcement roles. Trump’s justification? To supposedly protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) agents from what he terms “professional agitators and insurrectionists.” Yet this...
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