{"id":220625,"date":"2026-01-15T13:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T18:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/?post_type=press_release&p=220625"},"modified":"2026-01-15T14:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:10:17","slug":"aclu-statement-on-president-trumps-threat-to-invoke-the-insurrection-act-and-deploy-military-troops-to-minneapolis","status":"publish","type":"press_release","link":"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/aclu-statement-on-president-trumps-threat-to-invoke-the-insurrection-act-and-deploy-military-troops-to-minneapolis","title":{"rendered":"ACLU Statement on President Trump\u2019s Threat to Invoke the Insurrection Act and Deploy Military Troops to Minneapolis"},"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-220625","press_release","type-press_release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"subheading":"","date_and_time":"2026-01-15 14:00:00","featured_image":"","show_on_press_releases_landing_page":true,"components":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to send military troops to Minneapolis. The threat comes a week after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother in a south Minneapolis neighborhood, and hours after reports that ICE shot two additional Minneapolis residents.\r\n\r\nThe following is a statement from Hina Shamsi, director of the American Civil Liberties Union\u2019s National Security Project: <\/b>\r\n\r\n\u201cInvoking the Insurrection Act is unnecessary, irresponsible, and dangerous. President Trump is continuing to stoke fear in a situation his administration created by unleashing lawless, armed federal agents against our communities. It\u2019s hard to think of another instance in which a president would deploy troops to enable further federal deprivation of people\u2019s rights.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe real risk to people\u2019s safety comes from ICE and other federal agents\u2019 violence against our communities, and the killing of Renee Good starkly shows what happens when ICE operates without accountability. But no matter what uniform they wear, armed federal agents and military troops are bound by our constitutional rights to peaceful assembly, freedom of speech, and due process. If troops or federal agents violate these boundaries, they and their leadership must be held accountable.\r\n\r\n\u201cWhat\u2019s needed now is not federal escalation, but deescalation. Congress must demand these mass federal law enforcement forces leave Minneapolis and rein in ICE and CBP until the administration backs down.\u201d"}}],"drupal_node_id":"","email":"media@aclu.org","phone":"(212) 549-2666","address":{"address_1":"125 Broad Street","address_2":"18th Floor","city":"New York","state":"NY","zip_code":10004,"country":"United States"},"pgp_public_key":"","issues":"","press_releases_related_to_cases":"","spokesperson":[1328],"related_affiliates":"","related_content_documents":"","related_content_publications":""},"yoast_head":"\nAmerican Civil Liberties Union<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ACLU Statement on President Trump\u2019s Threat to Invoke the Insurrection Act and Deploy Military Troops to Minneapolis | American Civil Liberties Union\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/aclu-statement-on-president-trumps-threat-to-invoke-the-insurrection-act-and-deploy-military-troops-to-minneapolis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"American Civil Liberties Union\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-15T19:10:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@aclu\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/aclu-statement-on-president-trumps-threat-to-invoke-the-insurrection-act-and-deploy-military-troops-to-minneapolis\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/aclu-statement-on-president-trumps-threat-to-invoke-the-insurrection-act-and-deploy-military-troops-to-minneapolis\",\"name\":\"ACLU Statement on President Trump\u2019s Threat to Invoke the Insurrection Act and Deploy Military Troops to Minneapolis | American Civil Liberties Union\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-15T18:49:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-15T19:10:17+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/aclu-statement-on-president-trumps-threat-to-invoke-the-insurrection-act-and-deploy-military-troops-to-minneapolis\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/\",\"name\":\"American Civil Liberties Union\",\"description\":\"The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union \u2014 beyond one person, party, or side. 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