Actually?
It WOULD easlier just to deescalate the ICE people there….’
Save money, possibly injuries and lives?
Cool the situation on the ground….
The Supreme’s HAVE already spanked him for stealing National Guard troops from governors to back ICE actions in DEMOCRATIC states….
President Trump early Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act following another shooting involving a federal agent overnight in Minneapolis.
“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 on Truth Social.
The Insurrection Act allows the president to send military troops to an area in an effort to tamp down civil unrest.
Trump’s post comes hours after a federal agent shot and injured a man Wednesday evening in Minneapolis, sparking the latest wave of protests in the city.
The shooting further inflamed tensions in a city already on edge after an ICE officer fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Good earlier this month….
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This is not the first time Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act. Last October, the president told reporters he was “allowed” to use the measure if the courts denied his move to send the National Guard to U.S. cities…..
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Republicans divided on Trump immigration crackdown: Survey
Republicans are split on President Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown, according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey released days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed a woman in Minnesota.
The poll, released Thursday, found 59 percent of Republican respondents said they prefer that federal immigration officers prioritize arrests even if people get hurt, while 39 percent said officers should limit harm to others even if they make fewer arrests as a result.
More than 95 percent of Democratic respondents, on the other hand, said officers should focus on avoiding injuring people over arrests, with just 4 percent saying the opposite.
Overall, 40 percent of respondents approved of Trump’s handling of immigration, down from 50 percent just more than a month after he returned to office. That mark ties a new low among Reuters/Ipsos polls for the president on immigration, dating back to his first term….
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