For now, Pentagon and DHS won't recommend that Trump invoke the Insurrection Act

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38% : Source: CNN Politics Published 4:25 PM EDT, Fri April 18, 2025 Washington CNN -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will not recommend invoking the Insurrection Act in a memo the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security are preparing to send to President Donald Trump about the conditions at the southern border, multiple US officials familiar with the matter tell CNN.
36% : Trump issued an executive order in January declaring an emergency at the southern border that ordered Hegseth and Noem to send him a report within 90 days about the conditions there, and advising whether to invoke the Insurrection Act to help obtain "complete operational control" of the border.
23% : Hegseth and Noem are expected to tell Trump that border crossings are currently low and that they don't need additional authorities at this point to help control the flow of migrants, officials said.

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