Overview

• Trump named New Orleans among cities under consideration alongside Chicago and Baltimore, saying he could decide on deployments in about two weeks.
• Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry publicly invited federal assistance, posting that he would take help "from New Orleans to Shreveport," and other state Republicans voiced support.
• New Orleans officials rejected the plan, arguing Guard troops are not trained for constitutional policing and pointing to reported declines in crime, including sharp drops in homicides and overall offenses year over year.
• The administration is using Washington, D.C., as its template, touting more than 1,760 arrests since federal forces were mobilized there in August.
• Any Guard mission would rely on Title 32 authority that requires a governor's consent, and no large-scale deployment to New Orleans has been finalized.