Minneapolis, located in , has been facing a wave of protests for several days now following the violent murder of Renne Nicole Good, who was murdered by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE).
The situation is such that the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807, which would allow the Republican president to deploy the Army in the area or federalize the National Guard of a State to try, as he has defended, to calm the waters.
The murder of Renne Nicole Good: the starting point
The tension erupted on January 7, 2026 after the murder of a 37-year-old mother, Renne Nicole Good, who lost her life after being shot by an agent (whose identity is unknown) in an ICE operation against irregular migration.
According to the authorities, the shots were fired in self-defense, although the state of Minnesota assures that the agents acted unjustifiably, since the victim did not pose any danger to them.
The woman, who had three children who are now motherlesswas a US citizen, according to two federal sources told the network CBS. “She was extremely compassionate. She cared about people her entire life. She was loving, tolerant and affectionate. She was an incredible human being,” the mother of the deceased, who had moved to the area just a year ago from Kansas City, told the newspaper. The Minnesota Star Tribune.
As can be seen in several videos published and shared on social networks, the woman was in a car that partially blocked the street, while several ICE agents approached her. At one point, the officers try to open the door of the driver, who quickly tries to escape by accelerating to the right.
It was at that moment when one of the agents, who was trying to block Renne Nicole’s path, began to shoot towards the driver’s seat, who finally ended up losing control of the vehicle and crashing into another car that was parked in the place—which as a curiosity is located just two kilometers from where George Floyd was murdered. It is about the fifth death related to immigration operations in large cities of the country, according to the .
Flowers and candles are seen at a vigil in honor of Renee Nicole Good
The role of ICE
The agents of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service are those in charge of enforcing immigration laws and those who execute Trump’s plan focused on mass deportation of migrants. In fact, since the president’s return to the White House, the Republican administration has increased the budget and objectives of ICE considerably, somewhat expanding its role in the country, as well as its power.
The origin of this agency dates back to 2002, at which time it was born as part of the National Security Act of 2002 in response to the attacks of September 11, 2001. Some of the powers that its agents have are, among others, the ability to arrest people suspected of being in the country illegally or irregularly, or to arrest someone if they try to prevent ICE actions.
The US Constitution states that these forces can only use lethal force. “if the person represents a serious danger to themselves or others, or if they have committed a violent crime.” However, in cases where agents have used this level of violence in an unjustified manner, considerable consideration and a level of leniency have been shown to them. During Trump’s first nine months in office, there have been more than 170 incidents in which officers have arrested people against their will, according to ProPublica.
In total, as the government led by Donald Trump itself states, between January 20, 2025 and December 10, 2025, some 605,000 people have been deported. Furthermore, according to their own figures, nearly 1.9 million people would have left voluntarily of the country after the republican campaigns that encouraged it.
A Border Patrol Tactical Unit agent sprays pepper spray in the faces of protesters
The Insurrection Act that Trump threatens to invoke
After the protests and scandal broke out, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated that the driver had behaved in a “very disorderly manner, obstructing and resisting, and then violently, deliberately and cruelly ran over the ICE agent, who appears to have shot her in self-defense.” In fact, the Republican administration even described the victim as
The protests and disturbances generated by the demonstrators who have taken to the streets following the murder of the woman have been such that the American president has even threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807, considering that it is a “national emergency.”
“If Minnesota’s corrupt politicians do not obey the law and stop professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking ICE patriots who are just trying to do their job, I will apply the INSURRECTION LAW,” the Republican wrote on his social network.
But… What is this law and why does Trump threaten to invoke it? Well, the Insurrection Act of 1807 allows, among other things, the US president to use active-duty military personnel to perform police functions within the United States, that is, military troops could (once invoked) take care of tasks such as quelling riots or even arresting migrants.
As stipulated by law, this rule can be invoked when there are “obstructions, coalitions, meetings or illegal rebellions” against the Government that prevent the correct “application” of the country’s laws “through the ordinary means of judicial procedures.” For now, Trump has already sent 3,000 federal agents equipped with weapons and masks to the area.
On what occasions has it been invoked previously?
This law, although unknown to many until now, has been invoked before throughout the history of the United States. One of the most recent examples occurred in 1992, when the then president, George Bush, decided to use it and sent active duty members of the Marines, Army and National Guard troops to deal with the massive riots in Los Angeles following the acquittal of four white police officers who beat a black man (Rodney King).
It was also previously used by President Abraham Lincoln, when the southern states began to rebel in the US Civil War, or by President Ulysses S. Grant, who invoked it to solve racist violence by the supremacist group Ku Klux Klan. In total, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, the Insurrection Law has been used about 30 times in US history.
Minnesota governor calls for “ICE atrocities” to be recorded
While the Trump administration has decided to attack the victim and threaten to invoke the Insurrection Act, the Democratic governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, has asked the population to “record” all ICE actions, not only with the aim of everyone seeing them, but also to have evidence of how their agents usually act.
“If you see ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out your cell phone and record it,” asked the Democrat, who seeks to create “a database of atrocities committed against the inhabitants of Minnesota” in the face of “future judicial processes.”
And during the protests, citizens have also faced the use of tear gas and stun grenades, and even an ICE agent shot a Venezuelan in the leg, a relatively short distance from where Renee was murdered.
Jimmy Kimmel offers his prizes to Trump if he expels ICE from Minnesota
After seeing Trump’s interest in prizes such as the Nobel Peace Prize, and given the latest actions of ICE, presenter and comedian Jimmy Kimmel has offered its prizes to the Republican if he agrees to withdraw ICE agents from Minneapolis.
“I have an offer that I think will be difficult for you to refuse, but only if you agree to remove ICE from Minneapolis and return them to their corresponding barracks. I am willing to offer you one of the trophies with which they have honored me over the years,” the comedian said during one of his monologues, who also wanted to joke about the meeting of Machado and Trump, saying that it is something “unique” that the Republican “takes the Nobel Prize from someone.”
“Look how happy he looks. Have you ever seen someone happier than him when he won this award? And he didn’t even win it,” he said while looking at the image of the president with the Venezuelan medal. “He will have returned to his horrible office sucking it like it was a pacifier,” he said before asking the US man to “leave the people of Minneapolis alone.”
