Trump administration decides to withdraw National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland
Washington (The Uttam Hindu): US President Donald Trump has announced that his government is now withdrawing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland. This decision has been taken at a time when a few days ago the US Supreme Court had given a verdict against the Trump administration. Donald Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social, "We are withdrawing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland. The presence of the National Guard in these cities had significantly reduced crime. If the federal government had not intervened, Portland, Los Angeles and Chicago would have been finished."
Trump also said that if crime rises again in these areas, the government will return with a stronger hand. He called the Democratic mayors and governors of these areas "grossly incompetent." According to the agency, this announcement comes just days after the Supreme Court blocked Trump's plan to send the National Guard to Chicago to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Trump says that crime is increasing in states and cities where Democratic governments are in power. Therefore, deployment of the National Guard is necessary. At the same time, Democratic leaders have questioned the political motive behind these steps. The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's demand by a majority of 6-3. In an order published on its website, the court said, "At this initial stage, the government has failed to explain the source of the authority allowing the military to enforce laws in Illinois."
The controversy began on October 4, when Trump called 300 members of the Illinois National Guard into active federal service in Illinois, primarily in and around Chicago. The following day, some Texas National Guard troops were also brought under federal control and sent to Chicago.
On October 9, the Northern District Court of Illinois temporarily blocked the move. On October 16, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decision. The court allowed the government to take federal control of the National Guard, but did not authorize its deployment. The Trump administration then took the matter to the Supreme Court.