"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."
"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." "If I needed it, I'd use it," Trump said. "It's very powerful.""
About 1,500 active-duty soldiers were ordered to be ready for possible deployment to Minnesota during a large federal immigration enforcement operation. Two infantry battalions of the Army's 11th Airborne Division received prepare-to-deploy orders; the unit is based in Alaska and specializes in arctic operations. The troops would be used if President Donald Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, a rarely used 19th-century law that allows active-duty troops to perform law enforcement functions. Pentagon communications did not deny the orders and emphasized military readiness to execute orders from the Commander-in-Chief. The president previously threatened and later tempered threats to use the law.
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