President Trump has repeatedly threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 to deploy active-duty military or federalize National Guard units amid protests against intensified ICE immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, where clashes and shootings occurred in January 2026. No formal invocation has taken place, consistent with the law’s last use in 1992 during the Los Angeles riots. Legal analyses emphasize statutory limits, including prohibitions on troops at polling places and requirements that deployments enforce rather than violate federal law. Discussions around the November 2026 midterms have heightened attention to potential emergency powers, though experts note narrow conditions for invocation and significant procedural and political hurdles. Trader pricing on resolution by December 31 reflects these constraints alongside ongoing border and urban enforcement actions.