"Donald Trump is once again preparing to send the National Guard into a Democrat-governed territory under the argument of fighting crime after doing so in Washington and Los Angeles, and dispatching immigration agents to Chicago We're going to Memphis, that's the next thing, the U.S. president announced this Friday in an interview with Fox News. The decision comes a month after the Republican ordered troops into Washington,"
"Memphis, Elvis Presley's hometown, is under Democratic local government but belongs to the state of Tennessee, which is controlled by Republicans. That Republican control is no small factor in the White House's calculation: under U.S. law, while the president has the power to order the deployment of National Guard troops in certain cases such as a serious risk of insurrection he must in principle secure the governor's approval."
"According to Trump, in the case of Memphis unlike what happened in Los Angeles or Washington local authorities support the measure. The mayor [Pal Young] is happy, he's a Democrat mayor, the mayor is happy. And the governor, Tennessee, the governor [Bill Lee] is happy, Trump claimed in his remarks to his favorite TV channel. As in the previous cases, Trump said the reason for the deployment is a campaign against violent crime in Memphis, a city of about 600,000 residents,"
President Trump announced plans to send National Guard troops to Memphis, framing the deployment as part of a campaign against violent crime. He referenced prior deployments in Washington and Los Angeles and said immigration agents were dispatched to Chicago. Memphis has about 600,000 residents and is governed locally by Democrats while the state of Tennessee is controlled by Republicans. U.S. law generally requires a governor's approval for National Guard deployments, and the administration indicated local leaders, including the mayor and Governor Bill Lee, reportedly back the measure. A prior federal intervention in Washington prompted protests and criticism.
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