Overview
- President Donald Trump announced the withdrawals in a Truth Social post, naming Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland and framing the move as following crime reductions he attributed to the Guard.
- He warned the forces could return "in a different and stronger form" if crime rises, repeating claims of major crime declines that local data and courts have not validated.
- The decision follows a string of legal defeats, including a U.S. Supreme Court order blocking the Chicago deployment and federal judges curbing or ending missions in Los Angeles and Portland.
- The Pentagon has begun reducing troop levels in the three cities, while Guard units remain in some jurisdictions with local consent, including Washington, D.C., New Orleans and Memphis.
- Deployments began in June over protests tied to immigration enforcement, and judges ruled the administration exceeded its authority, rejecting arguments that unrest constituted a rebellion or that federal property required Guard protection.