President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his administration's massive immigration crackdown.

President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act allowing him to deploy troops as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement persist in Minneapolis. Trump made the threat after a federal officer shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis on Wednesday after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle.

President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act to justify deploying troops as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement persist in Minneapolis. Trump made the

President Donald Trump threatened to "institute the Insurrection Act" in Minneapolis Thursday morning to quell protests in opposition to immigration enforcement.

There are reports that at least one person has been injured in another shooting involving ICE agents in Minneapolis.

Prosecutors resigned from the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota amid turmoil over an investigation into a shooting by an immigration officer.

The state of Minnesota and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are suing the federal government to stop an enforcement surge by Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the fatal shooting

The Democratic Senate primary between Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Rep. Angie Craig has become a slugfest amid Trump's immigration crackdown.