"The Insurrection Act, which hasn't been invoked in decades, would allow the president to effectively bypass court rulings and tap authority scholars have warned is overly broad and ripe for misuse, Axios' Avery Lotz writes. Driving the news: Trump's threat, posted to Truth Social, came hours after the second ICE shooting in the Twin Cities in a week, when an agent shot a Venezuelan man in the leg during what the Department of Homeland Security described as an "ambush.""
"In his post, Trump vowed to act "if the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don't obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionist from attacking the patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job." "This is an impossible situation that our city is being put in. We're in a position right now where we have residents that are asking a very limited number of police officers we have to fight ICE agents on the street, to stand by their neighbors,""
The Insurrection Act, dormant for decades, would permit the president to bypass court rulings and exercise broad authority warned to be ripe for misuse. Trump posted a threat on Truth Social hours after a second ICE shooting in the Twin Cities, when an agent shot a Venezuelan man in the leg in what the Department of Homeland Security described as an "ambush." Nearly 3,000 federal immigration agents have been deployed to the Twin Cities, outnumbering the combined police forces of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Mayor Jacob Frey called the situation unsustainable and warned that municipal and federal forces are in conflict.
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