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The Pentagon has ordered approximately 1,500 active-duty soldiers from the Army's 11th Airborne Division, based in Alaska, to prepare for potential deployment to Minnesota in response to unrest. The troops are on prepare-to-deploy orders due to escalated violence related to immigration enforcement actions.

President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act if protests against ICE do not cease. The Act allows the President to deploy active-duty troops domestically during civil unrest. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has mobilized the National Guard to assist local authorities but has not deployed them. The federal government is under scrutiny for alleged politically motivated actions against state officials, and Minnesota has initiated legal actions against the administration regarding its immigration enforcement operations.