Trump Pulls National Guard from LA, Chicago, Portland

Trump’s announcement follows the Supreme Court rejecting his bid last week to overturn a lower court ruling blocking him from deploying about 300 National Guard troops to Chicago to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

The Trump administration’s justification for the attempted troop deployment to the Windy City used a law that permits the president to take over the National Guard if he isn’t able to execute the law with “regular forces.”

The Supreme Court ruling in the Chicago case presented an obstacle to the administration’s efforts to federalize Guardsman in other states, such as California and Oregon.

Trump had previously ordered 4,000 California National Guard troops to deploy Los Angeles to quell violent riots targeting ICE agents and facilities.

A federal judge blocked the Golden State deployment earlier this month and directed the administration to return control of the Guard to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

By November, a district judge issued a permanent injunction blocking the Portland deployment. The Trump administration is appealing the ruling.

Trump has also deployed Washington, DC, National Guard members in the nation’s capital, where the federal district has less local control.

Violent crime in the district plummeted amid the DC Guard deployment.

The attack left one member dead and the other seriously wounded.