Gov Walz authorizes National Guard staging following fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz connected Thursday authorized the Minnesota National Guard to be staged and acceptable to support local and state law enforcement in protecting captious infrastructure and maintaining public information pursuing the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, 37, by an ICE cause successful southbound Minneapolis.

Soldiers volition service successful a enactment role, focused connected protecting property, safeguarding captious infrastructure, and allowing section instrumentality enforcement to stay focused connected assemblage information and investigative responsibilities, according to a quality merchandise from the governor's office.

"Minnesotans person met this moment. Thousands of people have peacefully made their voices heard. Minnesota: Thank you. We saw almighty peace," Walz wrote successful a statement. "We have every reason to believe that bid will hold. [Wednesday], I directed the National Guard to beryllium acceptable should they be needed. They remain ready in the event they are needed to help support the peace, guarantee nationalist safety, and let for peaceful demonstrations."

Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a quality league aft the deadly ICE-involved shooting Wednesday, successful Minneapolis. (Fox News / Pool)

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The staging, authorized by an enforcement order, allows National Guard personnel, instrumentality and facilities connected authorities progressive work to coordinate and enactment nationalist information and information services successful Minnesota.

The Minnesota State Patrol has besides mobilized 85 members of its Mobile Response Team to enactment instrumentality enforcement efforts successful the Twin Cities.

During a quality league Wednesday, Walz made the statement, "We've ne'er been astatine warfare with our national government," raising concerns helium would usage the National Guard to propulsion backmost connected national migration enforcement enactment successful the state.

A demonstrator faces a Border Patrol cause during a protestation extracurricular the Whipple Building successful Minneapolis, Minn., Thursday. (Tim Evans/Reuters)

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"We bash not request immoderate further assistance from the national government. To [President] Donald Trump and Kristi Noem, you’ve done enough. I’ve issued a informing bid to hole the Minnesota National Guard," Walz said. "We person soldiers successful grooming and prepared to beryllium deployed if necessary. I punctual you, a informing bid is simply a heads-up for folks. Minnesota volition not let our assemblage to beryllium utilized arsenic a prop successful a nationalist governmental fight."

Republican lawmakers, including Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., subsequently urged Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act against Walz, calling for his arrest.

Border Patrol national agents detain a demonstrator astatine a protestation against the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, during a rally against accrued migration enforcement crossed the metropolis extracurricular the Whipple Building successful Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 8, 2026. (Tim Evans/Reuters)

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"Someone punctual him: Donald Trump is the Commander successful Chief. And national authorization supersedes authorities authority," Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., wrote successful a societal media post. "That’s not an opinion, that’s the Constitution. What Walz is threatening has a name: insurrection. Mr. President, the instrumentality is connected your side. Use it."

Walz's bureau did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for clarification connected his comments.