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January 16, 2026
Immigration
News

Trump Dismisses Insurrection Act Use… For Now.

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âť“WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump addressed the potential use of the Insurrection Act amid ongoing clashes in Minneapolis, Minnesota, involving federal immigration authorities.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, federal immigration authorities, local officials in Minnesota, and Republican senators.

đź“ŤWHEN & WHERE: Friday, during Trump’s departure from the White House, with events escalating in Minneapolis.

đź’¬KEY QUOTE: “If, and when, I am forced to act, it will be solved, QUICKLY and EFFECTIVELY!” – Donald Trump

🎯IMPACT: The Insurrection Act remains a contentious option, with Republican leaders expressing reservations and urging reliance on local law enforcement.

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President Donald J. Trump stated on Friday that there was no immediate need to invoke the Insurrection Act, despite ongoing unrest in Minneapolis where federal immigration authorities have faced violent confrontations. The 1807 law, which Trump had previously threatened to use, allows the president to deploy the military to enforce federal laws and suppress rebellions.

“I believe it was Bush, the elder Bush, he used it, I think 28 times,” Trump told reporters while departing the White House. He added, “It’s been used a lot. And if I needed it, I’d use it. I don’t think there’s any reason right now to use it, but if I needed it, I’d use it. It’s very powerful.”

The law was last invoked during the 1992 Los Angeles riots following the acquittal of police officers in the Rodney King case. However, some Republican leaders have expressed hesitation about its use. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) remarked, “Hopefully the local officials working with not only the federal law enforcement, ICE and other agencies, but also the local law enforcement officials will be able to settle things down.”

Trump, in a Truth Social post, referred to those confronting federal officers as “Troublemakers, Agitators, and Insurrectionists,” and accused local leaders of losing control, adding: “The Governor and Mayor don’t know what to do, they have totally lost control,” he wrote. “If, and when, I am forced to act, it will be solved, QUICKLY and EFFECTIVELY!”

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January 15, 2026
Immigration
Politics

Noem Confirms She Has Spoken With Trump About Invoking Insurrection Act.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed discussions with President Donald J.  Trump about invoking the Insurrection Act regarding anti-ICE demonstrations in Minneapolis.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Secretary Noem, President Trump, Minnesota state authorities, and violent anti-ICE demonstrators.

đź“ŤWHEN & WHERE: Discussions occurred on Thursday concerning events in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

đź’¬KEY QUOTE: “We did discuss the Insurrection Act. He certainly has the constitutional authority to utilize that.” Sec. Kristi Noem

🎯IMPACT: Trump warned he may invoke the Insurrection Act if local authorities fail to address violent anti-ICE protests effectively.

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem acknowledged that she has discussed with President Donald J. Trump the possibility of his invoking the Insurrection Act to quell violent anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Earlier on Thursday, Trump announced in a post on Truth Social that he is considering invoking the law to deploy U.S. military to the city unless Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) and local Democrat officials put an end to the violent unrest targeting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations and personnel in the state.

“We did discuss the Insurrection Act. He certainly has the constitutional authority to utilize that,” Sec. Noem said outside the White House on Thursday, adding, “My hope is that this leadership team in Minnesota will start to work with us to get criminals off the streets. Remember, we are there and surged operations because of the largest fraud scheme in American history.”

Noem’s comments came after President Trump warned earlier in the morning, “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, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State.”

Civil unrest in Minneapolis has intensified in recent days following the fatal shooting of an anti-ICE activist after she attempted to run over a federal immigration officer last week. Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported late Wednesday that two individuals attacked an ICE agent with a broomstick and a snow shovel during an attempted detention of a Venezuelan man. The Venezuelan man was shot in the leg during the incident.

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January 15, 2026
Immigration

Trump Considers Invoking Insurrection Act Amid Minnesota Unrest.

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âť“WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy U.S. military forces to Minnesota as protests escalate against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, federal immigration agents, protesters, and violent anti-ICE protestors.

đź“ŤWHEN & WHERE: Trump referenced the Insurrection Act in a January 15, 2026, post on Truth Social in response to ongoing violent anti-ICE demonstrations in Minneapolis, Minnesota

đź’¬KEY QUOTE: “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.” – Donald Trump.

🎯IMPACT: Invoking the Insurrection Act would allow President Trump to deploy U.S. military forces to the streets of Minneapolis to quell anti-ICE disorder.

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President Donald J. Trump stated on Thursday that he will invoke the Insurrection Act in response to ongoing violent protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Minneapolis, Minnesota, unless state and local officials obey federal orders and end the demonstrations. The rarely used federal law would allow President Trump to deploy U.S. military forces to the city to quell the unrest.

“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, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State,” Trump wrote in a post Truth Social on Thursday.

The Insurrection Act was first used by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807, though its use has been relatively rare in subsequent years. George H.W. Bush was the last U.S. president to invoke the act in 1992 to deploy troops to Los Angeles in response to the Rodney King riots.

Civil unrest in Minneapolis has intensified in recent days following the fatal shooting of an anti-ICE activist after she attempted to run over a federal immigration officer last week. Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported late Wednesday that two individuals attacked an ICE agent with a broomstick and a snow shovel during an attempted detention of a Venezuelan man. The Venezuelan man was shot in the leg during the incident.

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January 9, 2026
Crime
Immigration

DHS Surges 100 Additional CBP Agents Into Minnesota.

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âť“WHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is deploying 100 additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents to Minnesota for the weekend.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: DHS, CBP agents, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, and Renee Nicole Good, an anti-ICE activist fatally shot after attempting to run over federal agents.

đź“ŤWHEN & WHERE: Minnesota over the coming weekend, with agents traveling from Chicago and New Orleans.

🎯IMPACT: DHS is pausing operations in Chicago to support the Minnesota deployment amid increasing tensions and violent anti-ICE protests.

IN FULL

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is ordering the deployment of at least 100 more U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents to Minnesota for the coming weekend. According to the DHS orders, the additional agents deployed to Minnesota will be primarily drawn from Chicago and New Orleans. Additionally, DHS plans to temporarily pause operations in Chicago to support this effort.

Notably, the ramp-up in CBP personnel comes after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot anti-ICE activist Renee Nicole Good on Wednesday when she attempted to use her vehicle to run over the officer. The deployment, according to DHS documents, will last through the weekend. On Sunday, the agents will return to their respective cities of operation.

DHS officials, including ICE and CBP agents, have been operating in Minnesota for weeks as part of a major immigration enforcement operation and investigation into widespread social services fraud allegations tied to the state’s Somali immigrant community. Federal prosecutors have estimated that upwards of $9 billion in taxpayer dollars may have been stolen through several criminal schemes.

Far-left activists violently assaulted federal immigration officers in Minneapolis on Thursday. The violent demonstration took place outside the Whipple Building in Minneapolis, where hundreds gathered to protest the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations and Good’s shooting. In another incident, an anti-ICE agitator in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was caught on video obstructing and attacking Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino before being detained by federal agents.

The National Pulse reported late Thursday that Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) called up the state’s National Guard troops to assist local law enforcement as clashes between violent leftists and federal law enforcement continued into the evening.

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January 8, 2026
News

Renee Nicole Good Trained to Be Anti-ICE Activist, Friends Claim.

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âť“WHAT HAPPENED: New evidence indicates that Renee Nicole Good, who was fatally shot while trying to run over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on Wednesday, trained to be an anti-ICE activist through connections with other mothers and activists at her son’s charter school.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Renee Nicole Good, her partner Rebecca, federal immigration agents, and activists from ICE Watch.

đź“ŤWHEN & WHERE: The fatal shooting occurred in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday.

đź’¬KEY QUOTE: “She was a warrior. She died doing what was right,” insisted one acquaintance.

🎯IMPACT: The shooting highlights tensions between activists and federal immigration enforcement, inflamed by rhetoric from leading Democrats such as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.

IN FULL

Renee Nicole Good, the 37-year-old woman shot and killed after attempting to run over a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday, has been revealed by associates to be a trained anti-ICE activist. According to individuals close to Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, in their Minneapolis community, she was involved with a group of activists aiming to “document and resist” immigration enforcement in Minnesota.

Good had become engaged with the activist community through her son’s school, the Southside Family Charter School, which emphasizes social justice and political activism. Her involvement led her to join “ICE Watch,” a coalition dedicated to opposing ICE operations in sanctuary cities.

“She was a warrior. She died doing what was right,” a mother of a child at the school told media on Thursday. The comments about Good’s activist appear to confirm Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem’s statement that the shooting was preceded by the woman having harassed ICE agents throughout the morning.

At the time of the shooting, Good’s partner, Rebecca, was outside the vehicle and filming Renee, inside their Honda Pilot SUV, blocking the roadway. The National Pulse reported that after the shooting, Rebecca Good confessed, “I made her come down here, it’s my fault,” and that she had encouraged her partner to confront ICE agents.

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