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President Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested that he may invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy more troops across the United States. This historic law allows the president to use the military for law enforcement in response to a domestic crisis. Trump has specifically cited unrest in Portland, Oregon, as a reason for potentially invoking the act, despite local officials denying that an insurrection is taking place. Critics have raised concerns about the potential misuse of military force and the erosion of civil liberties if the act is invoked.