President Trump has repeatedly threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act since early 2025 to support immigration enforcement and override court blocks on National Guard deployments in cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland, and Minneapolis, but the statute has not been used. The most recent major trigger came in January 2026 after ICE operations in Minnesota sparked protests following agent-involved shootings, prompting a direct social media warning of deployment to suppress “insurrectionists.” Ongoing litigation, including Supreme Court review of related authorities like Section 12406, has limited alternatives and kept the Act as a potential tool ahead of the November 2026 midterms. No state requests or qualifying conditions for invocation have materialized, leaving trader focus on whether protests, election disputes, or further enforcement clashes will meet the law’s broad thresholds before the vote.