The U.S. Army has ordered several dozen additional active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minneapolis if needed, an unnamed defense official said Jan. 21, amid protests over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown. AP reported on Jan. 22.
The defense official confirmed that members of an Army military police brigade, who are stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, have been given prepare-to-deploy orders. If deployed, the troops would likely offer support to civil authorities in Minneapolis, the official said. The official stressed that such standby orders are issued regularly and they do not necessarily mean that the troops would end up going.
