President Donald Trump reiterated efforts to crack down on crime and illegal immigration, stating willingness to intervene in cities like Chicago while noting some governors refuse to acknowledge problems. The administration plans to wait for governors to request National Guard assistance. Nineteen states are coordinating planned National Guard activations to backfill DHS and ICE facilities so more agents can operate in the field. The deployments are framed as a support pillar in a broader interagency effort to reduce crime. National Guard operations in Washington, D.C. proceed under different federal legal authority. A reporter recounted a personal assault and praised the president's results.
We are obviously watching this cabinet meeting. Heard the president reiterate much of what we heard him state yesterday, just about the effort that the administration is taking to crack down on crime and illegal immigration across the country, Heinrich began, adding: He said, you know, We're willing to go into Chicago, which is in big trouble, but we have a governor who refuses to admit that he has problems.
Seems like he is sticking with his plan of waiting for these state governors to ask for help to send in the National Guard. We do know that in the 19 states where there are National Guard activations being planned, all of those states have been participating with the administration to bring in those National Guard agents to effectively backfill DHS facilities, ICE facilities, so that more of those agents can be out in the field.
You've heard him touting the successes that they've seen in D.C., which is happening under a little bit of a different legal authority. This is, you know, under federal jurisdiction in Washington, D.C., so the president has sent out the National Guard to do different work than you'll be seeing happen in the states that they plan to go out in.
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