Roughly 1,500 active-duty soldiers are reportedly preparing for possible deployment in Minnesota following Donald Trump’s threats to invoke the Insurrection Act to crush protests against a surge of federal immigration officers in the state.
Service members are assigned to two infantry battalions with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division, which is based in Alaska and trained for cold-weather operations, according to The Washington Post, citing defense officials. ABC News first reported the move Saturday.
