After shooting another person in Minneapolis, federal agents then proceeded to use tear gas, stun grenades and other harsh measures against protestorsprotesters who were rightly on edge and angry at the presence of ICE agents in the city. Trump's threats to escalate the federal siege on Minneapolis to the use of the Insurrection Act are straight out of the authoritarian playbook.
An ICE agent is in the hospital after being violently attacked by an illegal immigrant from Venezuela. This attack against a brave law enforcement officer comes as Minnesota Democrats shamelessly continue to urge the public to resist the work of federal officials. President Trump is right to consider invoking the Insurrection Act to protect federal agents who are conducting law enforcement operations.
There is a 50% chance that the average number of noncitizens removed annually from the U.S. for fiscal years 2026 through 2028 will be at least 453,000, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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