Overview
- Trump announced on his social media accounts that he is withdrawing National Guard units from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland.
- He said the deployments had significantly reduced crime and that he would revisit the decision if crime increased in those areas.
- He warned the troops could return "in a very different and stronger way" if he deems crime to spike again.
- The move comes a week after the Supreme Court refused to let him send Guard troops to Chicago to protect ICE personnel, a major legal setback.
- In rejecting the request, the Court signaled limits on using federalized Guard forces for immigration enforcement as the administration casts the missions as responses to rampant crime and protests.