This story was originally published in October 2025. In January 2026, President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota over widespread protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The law would allow President Trump to deploy the military against citizens in the Minnesota ICE protests. It hasn't been invoked in over 30 years.

Can the president use the Insurrection Act and send the military into U.S. cities? A web of legal provisions try to balance presidential power with the power of state leaders.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in an interview with NBC News' "Meet the Press" that if President Donald Trump invoked the Insurrection Act to deploy the military to Minnesota, "that would be a shocking step.

Arizona protesters on Tuesday called for the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after the law enforcement agency has been deployed to Minneapolis in massive numbers, where it has aggressively and violently sought to implement President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda and clashed with Minnesotans opposing the effort.

President Donald Trump said he would hold off on invoking the Insurrection Act after previously threatening to use the law to deploy US military troops in Minnesota.