The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty ‍US soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of widespread ‍protests against the government’s deportation drive, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.The army placed the units on prepare-to-deploy orders in case violence in the state escalates, the newspaper said, citing unnamed defense officials, adding that it is not clear ⁠whether any of them will be sent.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The Pentagon and the White House did not immediately respond to requests from Reuters for comment.President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to use the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces if officials in the state do not stop protesters from targeting immigration officials after a surge in Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.Tensions are high in Minneapolis, ‍Minnesota’s most-populous city, after an ICE agent shot Renee Good dead on January 7.“If the