Pentagon Prepares 1,500 Troops for Possible Deployment to Minnesota Amid Anti-ICE Protests

The Pentagon has placed about 1,500 active-duty soldiers on prepare-to-deploy orders for Minnesota amid escalating protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent. President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces if state officials do not control protesters targeting federal agents. Minnesota's Governor Tim Walz has mobilized the National Guard, and the Department of Justice has opened a criminal probe into state leaders amid rising tensions in Minneapolis.