Stephen Miller Sparks Outrage with “Surrender” Order to Police Amid Anti-ICE Protests
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller made a controversial claim that local and state police in Minneapolis have been ordered to “stand down and surrender” to federal agents. This statement, which contradicts the established legal limitations of federal authority over local law enforcement, seemed to be setting the stage for President Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act. The context behind the claim was heightened tensions and protests following the shooting death of a U.S. citizen by ICE agents in Minneapolis and the state’s governor’s encouragement of citizens to document ICE agent abuses. Miller also accused Minnesota state officials of “an insurgency against the federal government,” further escalating the rhetoric.
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