Trump threatens Insurrection Act in Minnesota: ICE shooting live updates
Posted on : 15 Jan 2026 | By : Usa TodayTrump threatens Insurrection Act in Minnesota: ICE shooting live updates...
President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, which would give him power to deploy U.S. armed forces domestically, as tensions rise in Minnesota following a second shooting involving a federal agent 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," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. The threat comes after a night of clashes between protesters and federal agents in Minneapolis. The demonstrations intensified after a federal officer shot a Venezuelan man who fled a traffic stop, just a week after an immigration agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good. Since the fatal shooting of Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, demonstrations against the Trump administration and federal immigration enforcement actions have erupted across the country. Renee Good's family speaks out: 'Beautiful light' Renee Good's family on Wednesday revealed new details about what she was doing in the hours leading up to the fatal shooting on Jan. 7 that sparked protests nationwide. In statements where they called Good "the beautiful light of our family," the woman’s four siblings, parents and their attorneys described the shooting as a result of a chance encounter after dropping off her 6-year-old child at school. According to the family and attorneys, Good and her wife, Becca Good, were driving in their car with their dog after dropping off their child when they came across federal agents in their neighborhood engaged in immigration action. The couple stopped "to observe, with the intention of supporting and helping their neighbors," family attorneys said. "We want to thank everyone who has reached out in support of Renee and our family. The kind of unending care we’ve been given during this time is exactly the kind that she gave to everyone," the family said in a letter shared with USA TODAY. "Nae was the beautiful light of our family and brought joy to anyone she met. She was relentlessly hopeful and optimistic which was contagious. We all already miss her more than words could ever express." -Michael Loria They sought justice for George Floyd. Now they march for Renee Good Almost six years after former police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis, the city sits on a tinder box of sorrow and outrage. And activism. “We are completely retraumatized – people are deeply retraumatized,” former Minneapolis City Council President Andrea Jenkins said. “It’s like literally the same people, just six blocks from where George Floyd was murdered. It’s the same community, the same people, and the whole city.” Renee Good, a White mother, was fatally shot in her car on Jan. 7 by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. It happened not far from where Floyd, a Black man, was killed. Things have changed since the days after George Floyd’s murder. There haven't been fiery and destructive protests. But the heart of the city is once again broken. “It’s just been relentless and people are exhausted,” Jenkins said. Read more. -Suzette Hackney Native Americans detained in Minnesota ICE raids Federal agents have detained a handful of Native Americans amid the Trump administration's immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota. The detention of at least five men in and around Minneapolis has sparked an outcry among Native American groups about Indigenous people being racially profiled as undocumented immigrants by federal immigration agents. Minneapolis is one of the largest urban centers for Native Americans in the United States. The cases include four men experiencing homelessness, according to the groups, and a man accused by ICE of "violently" assaulting an officer. “It is deeply offensive and ironic that the first people of this land would be subjected to questions around their citizenship,” Jacqueline De Leon, senior staff attorney at the nonprofit Native American Rights Fund and a member of the Isleta Pueblo. “Yet nevertheless, that is exactly what we’re seeing.” Read more here. -Eduardo Cuevas 'This is not sustainable,' Minneapolis mayor says after shooting Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey renewed his call for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to leave the city after a federal officer shot a man in the leg. He noted that the incident was the second shooting to occur in Minneapolis in a week, which has prompted public outrage and days of unrest in the city. "This is not sustainable. This is an impossible situation that our city is presently being put in," Frey said during a news conference Wednesday night. "And at the same time, we are trying to find a way forward to keep people safe, to protect our neighbors, to maintain order." The mayor said residents have been asking a "very limited number" of local police officers to “fight ICE agents on the streets, to stand by their neighbors.” “We cannot be at a place right now in America where we have two governmental entities that are literally fighting one another,” Frey said, noting that the city only had about 600 officers while there were about 3,000 federal immigration agents in the area. Federal immigration agents 'creating chaos,' mayor says Frey said the presence of federal immigration agents throughout the city and across the state is "creating chaos." Though the mayor reiterated his criticism over immigration enforcement operations, he also condemned hostile protests in the city and urged people to go home. "I’ve seen conduct from ICE that is disgusting and is intolerable. If It were your city, it would be unacceptable there, too," he said during Wednesday's news conference. Local media outlets reported that hundreds of protesters gathered near the shooting scene on Wednesday night, clashing with federal officers as they deployed gas and rubber-coated bullets. While the mayor praised peaceful protesters, he urged residents to remain calm and discouraged violent demonstrations. "We cannot counter Donald Trump's chaos with our own brand of chaos," Frey added. "And I have seen thousands of people throughout our city peacefully protesting. For those that have peacefully protested, I applaud you. For those that are taking the bait, you are not helping, and you are not helping the undocumented immigrants in our city." Contributing: Reuters