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The mayor of Minneapolis said Sunday that sending active duty soldiers into Minnesota to help with an\u00a0immigration crackdown\u00a0is a ridiculous and unconstitutional idea as he urged protesters to remain peaceful so the president won\u2019t see a need to send in the U.S. military.<\/p>\n
Daily protests\u00a0have been ongoing throughout January since the Department of Homeland Security ramped up immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul by bringing in more than 2,000 federal officers.<\/p>\n
Three hotels where protesters have said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were staying in the area stopped taking reservations Sunday.<\/p>\n
In a diverse neighborhood where immigration officers have been seen frequently, U.S. postal workers marched through on Sunday, chanting: \u201cProtect our routes. Get ICE out.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers based in Alaska who specialize in operating in arctic conditions to be ready in case of\u00a0a possible deployment\u00a0to Minnesota, two defense officials said Sunday.<\/p>\n
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military plans, said two infantry battalions of the Army\u2019s 11th Airborne Division have been given prepare-to-deploy orders.<\/p>\n
One defense official said the troops are standing by to deploy to Minnesota should President Donald Trump invoke the Insurrection Act.<\/p>\n
The rarely used\u00a019th century law\u00a0would allow the president to send military troops into Minnesota, where protesters have been confronting federal immigration agents for weeks. He has since backed off the threat, at least for now.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous, but we will not be intimidated by the actions of this federal government,\u201d Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey told CNN\u2019s State of the Union on Sunday. \u201cIt is not fair, it\u2019s not just, and it\u2019s completely unconstitutional.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thousands of Minneapolis citizens are exercising their First Amendment rights and the protests have been peaceful, Frey said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not going to take the bait. We will not counter Donald Trump\u2019s chaos with our own brand of chaos here,\u201d Frey said.<\/p>\n
Gov. Tim Walz has mobilized the Minnesota National Guard, although no units have been deployed to the streets.<\/p>\n
At least three hotels in Minneapolis-St. Paul that protesters said housed officers in the immigrant crackdown were not accepting reservations Sunday. Rooms could not be booked online before early February at the Hilton DoubleTree and IHG InterContinental hotels in downtown St. Paul and at the Hilton Canopy hotel in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n
Over the phone, an InterContinental hotel front desk employee said it was closing for the safety of the staff, but declined to comment on the specific concerns. The DoubleTree and InterContinental hotels had empty lobbies with signs out front saying they were \u201ctemporarily closed for business until further notice.\u201d The Canopy hotel was open, but not accepting reservations.<\/p>\n
The Canopy has been the site of noisy protests by anti-ICE demonstrators aimed to prevent agents from sleeping.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe owner of the independently owned and operated InterContinental St. Paul has decided to temporarily close their hotels to prioritize the safety of guests and team members given ongoing safety concerns in the area,\u201d IHG Hotels & Resorts spokesperson Taylor Solomon said in a statement Sunday. \u201cAll guests with existing reservations can contact the hotel team for assistance with alternative accommodations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, Hilton and the local operator of the Hampton Inn Lakeville hotel near Minneapolis apologized after the property wouldn\u2019t allow federal immigration agents to stay there. Hampton Inn locations are under the Hilton brand, but the Lakeville hotel is independently operated by Everpeak Hospitality. Everpeak said the cancelation was inconsistent with their policy.<\/p>\n
Peter Noble joined dozens of other U.S. Post Office workers Sunday on their only day off from their mail routes to march against the immigration crackdown. They passed by the place where an immigration officer shot and killed\u00a0Renee Good, a U.S. citizen and mother of three, during a Jan. 7 confrontation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve seen them driving recklessly around the streets while I am on my route, putting lives in danger,\u201d Noble said.<\/p>\n
Letter carrier Susan Becker said she came out to march on the coldest day since the crackdown started because it\u2019s important to keep telling the federal government she thinks what it is doing is wrong. She said people on her route have reported ICE breaking into apartment buildings and tackling people in the parking lot of shopping centers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese people are by and large citizens and immigrants. But they\u2019re citizens, and they deserve to be here; they\u2019ve earned their place and they are good people,\u201d Becker said.<\/p>\n
A Republican U.S. House member called for Walz to tone down his comments about fighting the federal government and instead start to help law enforcement.<\/p>\n
Many of the officers in Minnesota are neighbors just doing the jobs they were sent to do, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer told WCCO-AM in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are not mean spirited people. But right now, they feel like they\u2019re under attack. They don\u2019t know where the next attack is going to come from and who it is. So people need to keep in mind this starts at the top,\u201d Emmer said.<\/p>\n
Across social media, videos have been posted of federal officers spraying protesters with pepper spray, knocking down doors and forcibly taking people into custody. On Friday, a\u00a0federal judge ruled\u00a0that immigration officers can\u2019t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren\u2019t obstructing authorities, including when they\u2019re observing the officers during the Minnesota crackdown.<\/p>\n
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Contributing were Associated Press writers Konstantin Toropin in Washington; Steve Karnowski in Minneapolis; Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations; Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, South Carolina; and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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