1,500 Soldiers on Standby for Potential Minneapolis Deployment Amid Anti-ICE Protests
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Summary
The article reports that approximately 1,500 soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division at Fort Wainwright are on standby for potential deployment to Minneapolis. This military presence is reportedly an option for Donald Trump to use in response to anti-ICE protests in the city. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey strongly condemned the threat of additional troops, describing the existing federal ICE agents as an "occupying force" that has "invaded" the city, and expressed concern about the potential military deployment.
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"You can go through whatever rhetorical flourish you want, but when you have 3,000 ICE agents and border control come to the city, when you've got this supposed threat of 1,500 military coming to the city, yeah, that's very much what it feels like,"
The troops are an option should Donald Trump decide to use them to quell anti-ICE protests in the city, an official tells CBS News
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