The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to be ready for potential deployment to Minnesota amidst immigration enforcement operations and President Trump's threats to invoke the Insurrection Act. The troops, from the 11th Airborne Division based in Alaska, are prepared to assist law enforcement if the President decides to act. This follows Trump's earlier statements about using the Insurrection Act to quell protests, drawing criticism from Minnesota's Governor.
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to be ready in case of a possible deployment to Minnesota , where federal authorities have been conducting a massive immigration enforcement operation, two defense officials said Sunday.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military plans, said two infantry battalions of the Army’s 11th Airborne Division have been given prepare-to-deploy orders. The unit is based in Alaska and specializes in operating in arctic conditions. One defense official said the troops are standing by to deploy to Minnesota should President Donald Trump invoke the Insurrection Act, a rarely-used 19th century law that would allow him to employ active duty troops as law enforcement. The move comes just days after Trump threatened to do just that to quell protests against his administration’s immigration crackdown. In an emailed statement, Pentagon chief spokesman Sean Parnell did not deny the orders were issued and said the military “is always prepared to execute the orders of the Commander-in-Chief if called upon.”On Thursday, Trump said in a social media post that he would invoke the 1807 law “if the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job.” He appeared to walk back the threat a day later, telling reporters at the White House that there wasn’t a reason to use it “right now.”The law was most recently invoked by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 to end unrest in Los Angeles after the acquittal of four white police officers in the beating of Rodney King. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, a Democrat and frequent target of Trump, has urged the president to refrain from sending in more troops. “I’m making a direct appeal to the President: Let’s turn the temperature down. Stop this campaign of retribution. This is not who we are,” WalzNo injuries reported after plane lands short of Anchorage runway, NTSB says ‘Any details will help’: Friends of man visiting from Texas missing for days near Healy struggle to understand his disappearanceSnow plows delivered, fire trucks delayed: How Anchorage’s bond measures are progressing - clipped versionSafer Seward Highway project could reduce fatal crashes by 69%, but climbers raise concerns
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