{"id":111619,"date":"2026-01-18T10:12:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=111619"},"modified":"2026-01-18T10:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:12:27","slug":"around-1500-soldiers-on-standby-for-deployment-to-minneapolis-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=111619","title":{"rendered":"Around 1,500 soldiers on standby for deployment to Minneapolis, officials 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\u2019s US partner.<\/p>\n

The official said the 1,500 soldiers, currently in Alaska, are an option for the US president 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\u00a0shot dead US citizen Renee Good earlier this month.<\/p>\n

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

It comes as a US federal judge issued an order limiting the crowd control tactics that can used by ICE agents towards \u201cpeaceful and unobstructive\u201d protesters in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

Judge Katherine Menendez earlier ruled that federal agents\u00a0cannot arrest or pepper spray peaceful demonstrations, including those monitoring or observing ICE agents.<\/p>\n

The state\u2019s 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\u2019s 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 \u201cdomestic terrorist\u201d.<\/p>\n

Good\u2019s death sparked protests across the country, with many people holding signs that read \u201cJustice for Renee\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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