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The move comes after US President Donald Trump threatened to use the Insurrection Act if officials in the state don&#8217;t stop protesters from targeting immigration officials. &#8220;If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don\u2019t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT,&#8221; Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Thursday. The Pentagon and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Desk(National Times)-The US Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing defense officials. The Army placed the units on prepare-to-deploy orders in case violence in the state escalates, the Washington Post report said. 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