"President Trump said his administration will, for now, halt its efforts to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Ore., after his deployments to the Democratic-led cities suffered a series of legal setbacks. In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, Trump praised the deployments and claimed they have helped curtail crime. "Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago were GONE if it weren't for the Federal Government stepping in," he said."
"The deployments in Chicago and Portland were blocked by the courts and Guard members left California after a sharp rebuke from a U.S. District Court judge earlier this month. More recently, the Supreme Court last week ruled against the administration's emergency appeal to deploy troops to Chicago. It was the first time the high court waded into the matter. While not precedent-setting, the ruling brought some clarity to Trump's presidential powers."
"Trump had argued that the Guard was needed in the Democratically-led cities to quell crime and protect federal immigration officers and facilities. Democratic governors in those states staunchly opposed the deployments and federal judges were also wary of allowing the military to intervene in civilian matters. "This principle has been foundational to the safeguarding of our fundamental liberties under the Constitution," U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut wrote in her November ruling freezing Trump's deployment of troops to Portland, Ore."
President Trump announced a pause to efforts to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland after legal setbacks. Trump praised the deployments and said they helped curtail crime. Courts blocked deployments in Chicago and Portland, and Guard members left California after a U.S. district judge's rebuke. The Supreme Court denied an emergency appeal to deploy troops to Chicago, clarifying limits on presidential authority though not setting broad precedent. Democratic governors opposed the deployments, federal judges expressed concern about military intervention in civilian matters, and other deployments in Washington, D.C. and Tennessee have faced separate legal challenges.
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