Kat Lansdorff

In a post on X, the Minnesota Guard said that if troops are deployed, they will be wearing bright yellow reflective vests over their uniforms to, quote, help distinguish them from other agencies in similar uniforms.

Fry and Walsh, both Democrats, responded to the news in social media posts.

On X, Fry posted, quote, Walsh, also in a post on X, did not explicitly address the investigation, but said, quote,

referring to the 37-year-old woman who was shot and killed by an ICE agent.

That killing became a flashpoint for the simmering opposition to federal agents operating within the city and state.

Kat Lonsdorff, NPR News, Minneapolis.

The Insurrection Act is a 200-year-old law that, if invoked, would allow Trump to deploy the military to Minneapolis for law enforcement purposes.

He now says he doesn't think the situation as it stands warrants it, but... If I needed it, I'd use it.

I don't think there's any reason right now to use it.

But if I needed it, I'd use it.

Trump has threatened invoking it many times in recent months for various situations.

It would be a highly controversial move.

According to the Department of Homeland Security, there are now at least 2,500 federal agents in Minneapolis.

That's about four times the number of local police officers.

Meanwhile, plans for a far-right anti-immigration rally in the city this weekend have many on high alert.

Kat Lonsdorff, NPR News, Minneapolis.