{"id":104774,"date":"2026-01-18T09:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T09:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/18\/around-1500-soldiers-on-standby-for-deployment-to-minneapolis-reports-say\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T09:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T09:42:16","slug":"around-1500-soldiers-on-standby-for-deployment-to-minneapolis-reports-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/18\/around-1500-soldiers-on-standby-for-deployment-to-minneapolis-reports-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Around 1,500 soldiers on standby for deployment to Minneapolis, reports say"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Soldiers are on standby for possible deployment to Minneapolis, a US defence official has told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. <\/p>\n

The official said the 1,500 soldiers, currently in Alaska, are an option for US president Donald Trump if he decided to use active duty military personnel, as anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demonstrations continued in the city on Saturday.<\/p>\n

No decision has yet been made on whether to deploy the soldiers from Alaska, the official said.<\/p>\n

Minnesota officials have urged protesters to stay orderly and peaceful during demonstrations after an ICE agent shot dead US citizen Renee Good earlier this month<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The soldiers are part of the 11th Airborne Division in Fort Wainwright, the official added.<\/p>\n

Last week, Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act<\/a>, a rarely-used law that allows active-duty military personnel to be deployed for law enforcement duties inside the US.<\/p>\n

It comes as a US federal judge issued an order limiting the crowd control tactics that can used by ICE agents towards “peaceful and unobstructive” protesters in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

Judge Katherine Menendez earlier ruled that federal agents cannot arrest or pepper spray peaceful demonstrations<\/a>, including those monitoring or observing ICE agents. <\/p>\n

The state’s National Guard has been mobilised and placed on alert by Governor Tim Walz, and other law enforcement officers were deployed to Minneapolis ahead of the anti-ICE demonstrations.<\/p>\n

Recent protests in the city were sparked by widespread action by ICE in the city, and follow Good’s death on 7 January.<\/p>\n

City leaders said Good was there as a legal observer of ICE activity.<\/p>\n

But the Trump administration has called her a “domestic terrorist”.<\/p>\n

Good’s death sparked protests across the country, with many people holding signs that read “Justice for Renee”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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