Minneapolis, on the verge of being occupied by Trump's troops

"This Thursday, in the snow, a group of demonstrators gathered outside the Minneapolis federal building where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) maintains the central base of its massive immigration operation in the city. Throughout the day, they shouted at the masked agents who came and went from the building. On several occasions, they endured tear gas and pepper balls fired to disperse them."

"It has taken just over a week of daily protests for Trump to consider invoking the Insurrection Act, which would allow him to use the military to quell an internal uprising or invasion, to control the situation in Minnesota, now the epicenter of citizen resistance against the president's immigration policies. The tension, however, is far from dissipating on the streets of Minneapolis, especially after Wednesday night when there was a second shooting in a week by a federal agent."

"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, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, Trump wrote on Thursday on his social media platform, Truth, in response to clashes between federal agents and protesters on Wednesday night after a Venezuelan migrant was shot in the leg during his arrest."

Protesters gathered outside the Minneapolis federal building housing ICE despite freezing temperatures and threats of troops. Demonstrators shouted at masked agents, endured tear gas and pepper balls, coughed from lingering chemical agents, and saw several arrests. After just over a week of daily protests, the president warned he might invoke the Insurrection Act to use the military to control unrest in Minnesota, described as an epicenter of resistance to immigration policies. Tensions intensified after a second federal-agent shooting in a week, including a Venezuelan migrant shot in the leg during an arrest, and state and local leaders urged calm.

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