His recent comments come in response to ongoing protests over the killing of a Minneapolis mother by an ICE agent.

President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to protests in Minneapolis. The Insurrection Act allows the president to deploy U.S. armed forces to suppress domestic unrest. The law was last used in 1992 by President George H.W. Bush during the Los Angeles riots.

The Pentagon has put some active-duty troops on prepare-to-deploy orders in case the president seeks to send them to Minnesota, according to two U.S. officials.

His recent comments come in response to ongoing protests over the killing of a Minneapolis mother by an ICE agent.