A new report claims that the U.S. Army has given prepare-to-deploy orders to dozens of members of an Army military police brigade as anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protesters continue to riot and disrupt President Donald Trump’s administration’s operations in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The Associated Press reported that an anonymous defense official confirmed on Wednesday that members of an Army military police brigade currently stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina have received prepare-to-deploy orders. The defense official told The Associated Press that if the Army military police troops were deployed, they would likely assist law enforcement officials in Minneapolis.

According to The Associated Press, the anonymous official emphasized that orders for military troops to be placed on standby are regularly issued by the U.S. Military. The defense official added that the prepare-to-deploy orders do not mean that the troops will ultimately be deployed to Minneapolis.

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NPR previously reported that an anonymous U.S. official confirmed that approximately 1,500 active-duty troops from the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska were ordered to prepare to deploy.

The prepare-to-deploy orders for the Army’s 11th Airborne Division and the Army military police brigade come as the president has threatened to use the Insurrection Act to deploy active-duty U.S. service members to Minneapolis to enforce federal laws.

In a Truth Social post last week, Trump warned, “If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State.”

However, Trump later indicated that he did not yet feel the need to use the Insurrection Act to respond to the anti-ICE riots and disruption in Minnesota.

“It’s been used a lot. And if I needed it, I’d use it,” Trump told reporters last Friday. “I don’t think there’s any reason right now to use it, but if I needed it, I’d use it. It’s very powerful.”