The Trump administration has been deliberating over when and how the Insurrection Act could be invoked—something a president has not done in over 30 years.

Officials are “seriously discussing” the move amid President Donald Trump’s escalating efforts to deploy National Guard troops into big cities in blue states like Chicago and Portland, NBC News reported Wednesday.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, who has stressed how Trump has “plenary authority,” has had a leading role in deliberations on the topic since Trump took office, five sources told NBC News.

Miller has depicted those protesting ICE in Portland and Chicago as engaging in an organized “insurrection.”

“This is an all-out campaign of insurrection against the sovereignty of the United States because the Democr

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