President Donald Trump on Thursday morning said he may invoke the Insurrection Act to “put an end” to the protests in Minnesota against immigration enforcement officers in the area. “If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.

President Donald Trump threatened to invoke a law allowing him to send the military or federalized National Guard troops into Minnesota on Thursday, arguing that “insurrectionists” are causing chaos in the streets.

An ICE agent identified as Jonathan Ross is seen moments after Renee Good was fatally shot in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, 2026. Octavio Jones/AFP via - PHOTO: ICE and other federal agents respond to protestors as they operate in a residential neighborhood in Minneapolis,

Trump made the comments in the wake of protests over the shooting death of a woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.

A federal agent shot and injured a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis on Wednesday night, a Homeland Security official said. The shooting came one week after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman in the city.

The Department of Homeland Security said that on Wednesday, a federal law enforcement officer shot a person, who they say had fled a traffic stop and then, along with two other people, began attacking the officer.

Follow live updates as protesters face tear gas and flash bangs in Minneapolis after a Venezuelan man was shot following a traffic stop last night.

U.S. President Donald Trump struck a more conciliatory tone regarding an ICE officer's fatal shooting of a Minnesota mother, saying on Wednesday that it was "sad to see on both sides."