The Pentagon has placed 1,500 active-duty U.S. soldiers on prepare-to-deploy orders in Minnesota amid escalating protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. Tensions rose after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good on January 7, prompting widespread demonstrations. President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, allowing military intervention to quell unrest. Soldiers under the 11th Airborne Division remain on standby while the Pentagon and White House stress no deployment decision has been made. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem emphasized that ICE agents are operating legally and warned against violent obstruction.