# Gov. Walz should activate the Minnesota Guard to protect his citizens **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 12, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-walz-should-activate-the-minnesota-guard-to-protect-his-citizens/1026621 "2026-01-12T22:53:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-walz-should-activate-the-minnesota-guard-to-protect-his-citizens/1026621/1 "2026-01-12T22:53:17Z")
My cousin is a teacher in Minneapolis and ICE is terrorizing the schools – waiting outside when school is over to harass and detain teachers, students, etc. They are also terrorizing local residents, citizens and non-citizens alike. In one of the many Minnesota/ICE threads, there’s a terrifying video from a woman who let a DoorDash delivery person into her home after ICE chased her inside. The homeowner and driver were both citizens, both terrified of being detained or shot. The ICE thugs were outside on the lawn, demanding to be let in without a warrant, with their hands on their weapon the whole time. Minor incident – my cousin, who is swarthy, went to his car to get a toy for his kid. Three ICE SUVs pulled up, the thugs jumped out of their cars, and started asking about his citizenship status. Walz has an obligation to protect his residents from this kind of terror and should post National Guard troops at schools with a large Hispanic or immigrant population, and around neighborhoods with those demographics. They should help escort teachers to their cars, make sure local residents aren’t being harassed. I know there could be serious repercussions. What happens if there’s an armed conflict between the Guard and ICE? Could this trigger some broader internal conflict? Personally, if the ICE bullies got pushback from real soldiers, I think they run away with their tails between their legs. But, if there is a conflict, let it happen. ICE is acting like the Brownshirts or the Gestapo, with immigrants and immigrant-looking citizens in the place of Jews, Roma, etc. It’s horrifying. Something has to change. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-walz-should-activate-the-minnesota-guard-to-protect-his-citizens/1026621/2 "2026-01-12T23:08:21Z")
The president can nationalize the guard of any state with one order. Then the guard is deployed and answering to trump. That might not improve things as much as you’d hope. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-walz-should-activate-the-minnesota-guard-to-protect-his-citizens/1026621/3 "2026-01-12T23:13:24Z")
Better to put every state-employed lawyer on the frontline. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-walz-should-activate-the-minnesota-guard-to-protect-his-citizens/1026621/4 "2026-01-12T23:16:39Z")
I’d be very concerned if National Guard are sent to protect Minnesotans. I can’t see any out come but blood in the streets. One women shot in the face is bad. A playground or other soft target filled with dead bodies will be devastating. It will lead to other blood shed. If states secede or try to fight back the mighty regular Army will be sent in. No no no no. We need to find another way. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-walz-should-activate-the-minnesota-guard-to-protect-his-citizens/1026621/5 "2026-01-12T23:16:59Z")
The federal government is at war with the state of Minnesota. If Trump federalizes the National Guard, then the only avenue remaining is secession. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-walz-should-activate-the-minnesota-guard-to-protect-his-citizens/1026621/6 "2026-01-12T23:17:22Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The president can nationalize the guard of any state with one order. Not for law enforcement. And if the President does issue that illegal order, then the Governor can countermand it, and force the Guard to consider which order is illegal. Which is what Newsome should have done when Trump ordered them to LA. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-walz-should-activate-the-minnesota-guard-to-protect-his-citizens/1026621/7 "2026-01-12T23:22:31Z")
Didn’t the Supreme Court say the Union is indestructible? Minnesota can’t sneak out the back door. Trump will be livid and do really nasty things. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-walz-should-activate-the-minnesota-guard-to-protect-his-citizens/1026621/8 "2026-01-12T23:42:23Z")
And don’t expect to have any effect. Trump will send ICE goons to every Democratic city to terrorize people from voting. Only congress could restrain him and they will not. Even if they try to defund the ICE, Trump will find another way to pay them, The ICE is Trump’s private army. This is fascism raw. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-walz-should-activate-the-minnesota-guard-to-protect-his-citizens/1026621/9 "2026-01-12T23:49:37Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > One women shot in the face is bad It’s not one woman shot in the face. It’s constant harassment, arrests, detentions, terror. Read my OP – my cousin just went to his car and three ICE SUVs come up and start asking about his citizen status. Teachers being detained for helping kids get home safely. It’s all over Minneapolis and St. Paul. This has to stop. It has to be brought to a head and we can figure out if ICE and the administration will back down, or will we continue on our march towards fascism. ETA: I’m offline the rest of the night and most of tomorrow. I’ll be reading responses, but mostly not responding. Sorry for semi-abandoning my own thread. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-walz-should-activate-the-minnesota-guard-to-protect-his-citizens/1026621/10 "2026-01-12T23:57:14Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > Even if they try to defund the ICE, Trump will find another way to pay them, Nope. He’ll just not pay them, and tell them they’ll be paid in two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-walz-should-activate-the-minnesota-guard-to-protect-his-citizens/1026621/11 "2026-01-13T00:05:30Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > Trump will send ICE goons to every Democratic city to terrorize people from voting. IC3 had to pull out of Chicago in order to terrorize Minneapolis. They literally don’t have enough manpower to do two cities at once, let alone the entire country. Trump is rapidly overextending himself, and we need to keep up the pressure on him, because that’s the path to bringing him down. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-walz-should-activate-the-minnesota-guard-to-protect-his-citizens/1026621/12 "2026-01-13T00:40:39Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > He’ll just not pay them, and tell them they’ll be paid in two weeks. He’ll pay them in ~~Schrute Bucks~~ Trump Coin. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-walz-should-activate-the-minnesota-guard-to-protect-his-citizens/1026621/13 "2026-01-13T01:27:57Z")
Walz and the city of Minneapolis are suing the feds, a somewhat saner response. > **[Minnesota, Twin Cities sue the federal government to stop the immigration...](https://www.kcra.com/article/minnesota-twin-cities-sue-trump-immigration/69980226)** > > The state of Minnesota is suing the Trump administration, arguing that the widespread federal immigration operations in the state are "a federal invasion of the Twin Cities," according to a lawsuit filed Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-walz-should-activate-the-minnesota-guard-to-protect-his-citizens/1026621/14 "2026-01-13T01:40:42Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Walz and the city of Minneapolis are suing the feds, a somewhat saner response. Milder, but not saner. A lawsuit that won’t get resolved for months or years, and which the administration will immediately ignore, isn’t a sane response. When there’s a terrorist army on your turf, you don’t respond with a lawsuit. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-walz-should-activate-the-minnesota-guard-to-protect-his-citizens/1026621/15 "2026-01-13T01:45:24Z")
> **[After legal setbacks, Trump says he's dropping National Guard push in...](https://abc7chicago.com/post/legal-setbacks-president-donald-trump-says-hes-dropping-push-national-guard-chicago-la-portland-oregon-now/18336668/)** > > President Donald Trump said he's dropping - for now - his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago and other cities, a move that comes after legal roadblocks hung up the effort. Sometimes the law works and gets results. ---
**Author:** ![bigdawg99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigdawg99/32/20563_2.png) [@bigdawg99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bigdawg99)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-walz-should-activate-the-minnesota-guard-to-protect-his-citizens/1026621/16 "2026-01-13T01:55:12Z")
There is another way. Just submit. ICE has a duty to protect Americans by getting rid of anyone who’s in America illegally and Minnesota isn’t special. Take it from a Dixie boy — if your economy depends on exploiting non-citizens who don’t pay taxes, the US federal government WILL fuck you up. There is no outcome where you get to keep your slaves/illegals. Are you willing to die to protect your corruption? That is what I would say to Mr Walz, unfortunately I think he’s more afraid of what his Chinese handlers will do to him if he doesn’t fall on his sword. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-walz-should-activate-the-minnesota-guard-to-protect-his-citizens/1026621/17 "2026-01-13T02:02:21Z")
> [@bigdawg99](#): > > There is another way. Just submit. How about no? > [@bigdawg99](#): > > ICE has a duty to protect Americans by getting rid of anyone who’s in America illegally I don’t see how going door-to-door harassing people, arresting US citizens at their workplace and dumping them beaten and bloodied eight miles away, and shooting unarmed women in the face is “protecting Americans”. Seems like ICE is a lot more dangerous than “people in America illegally” are. > [@bigdawg99](#): > > if your economy depends on exploiting non-citizens who don’t pay taxes Whoever told you non-citizens don’t pay taxes was an idiot. > [@bigdawg99](#): > > the US federal government WILL fuck you up “Vote Republican - The US government WILL fuck you up!” > [@bigdawg99](#): > > There is no outcome where you get to keep your slaves/illegals. “Slaves”? Methinks the Dixie boy doth protest too much. > [@bigdawg99](#): > > That is what I would say to Mr Walz, unfortunately I think he’s more afraid of what his Chinese handlers will do to him [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/B5aNt00H5xc/maxresdefault.jpg "Trump Says, 'I Have A Great Relationship With President Xi' On Sunday Night Air Force One Flight") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5aNt00H5xc) ---
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> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Trump will be livid and do really nasty things That will happen whatever Walz does. Whatever anybody does. Did I say “will happen”? It is happening. I’m not sure what Walz should do with the Guard. But we can’t all go around trying not to get Trump mad, because that’s a lost cause. That’s who he is. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-walz-should-activate-the-minnesota-guard-to-protect-his-citizens/1026621.md?page=2)