Trump threatens to use Insurrection Act in Minnesota in response to ICE protests

January 15, 2026

TL;DR

Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota due to protests against federal immigration enforcement.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz urged peaceful protests and criticized federal operations as "organized brutality."
A federal officer shot a man during an immigration enforcement operation, leading to protests.
The Department of Homeland Security stated the man resisted and attacked an officer, who fired defensively.
The ACLU of Minnesota filed a class-action lawsuit against the Trump administration over alleged constitutional rights violations.
Several federal prosecutors resigned over the Trump administration's handling of a previous fatal shooting by an ICE agent.

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