Pentagon readies 1,500 troops to control Minnesota riots – WaPo

US President Donald Trump’s immigrant crackdown in the state has been met with months of mass protests

The Pentagon has ordered approximately 1,500 active-duty US troops to prepare for a possible deployment to quell unrest in Minnesota, the Washington Post wrote on Sunday, citing defense officials.

Months of demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the area spiked sharply earlier in January following the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis.