Insurrection Act and Possible Dueling Troop Deployments in Minnesota

Minnesota National Guard. Photo by Sgt. Sebastian Nemec, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Governor Tim Walz is mobilizing the Minnesota National Guard, while President Trump has ordered active-duty soldiers to stand by, creating a potential standoff between state and federal forces. President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act if Walz fails to stop attacks on ICE agents, while the Justice Department investigates Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for encouraging obstruction of federal law enforcement.