What could happen if Trump invokes the Insurrection Act in Minnesota

President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy U.S. troops to Minnesota if state officials did not work to quell protests there against federal immigration authorities, who he said are “only trying to do their job.”

In a Truth Social post, Trump said invoking the centuries-old law would “quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State.” The president called Minnesota officials, who have repeatedly urged residents to protest peacefully, “corrupt” and described demonstrators as “professional agitators and insurrectionists.”