Judges blocked President Donald Trump’s plan deploy the National Guard in Chicago and Portland, Oregon, but the military is currently On patrol in Memphiswith the blessing of the Governor of Tennessee.
On Friday, troops wearing Guard uniforms and protective vests, guns in holsters, patrolled Bass Pro Shops stores and a visitor welcome center on the nearby Mississippi River. It is unclear how many troops are in Memphis.
President Trump has sent or is discussing sending troops to other cities, including Baltimore. of District of Columbia; New Orleans; and the California cities of Oakland and San Francisco; Los Angeles. The federal government says the military is assisting immigration officials and protecting federal property.
The Memphis Guard remains under the command of Republican Gov. Bill Lee, who supports using the force to better crack down on federal crimes.
By contrast, President Trump is deploying the National Guard, including parts from Texas and California, to Portland and Chicago after taking control of the force himself. Overcoming opposition from state and local leaders They argue that such interference violates sovereignty and federal law. Federal courts in Illinois and Oregon this week blocked President Trump’s efforts to send troops to those cities.
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what’s happening in memphis
playing cards Announced on September 15th Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (R) has embraced a plan to increase law enforcement efforts in Memphis, saying he intends to send the Guard to the city.
Democratic Mayor Paul Young, who did not request the deployment, said he wanted the task force to target violent criminals rather than scare, harass or intimidate residents.
Since the task force began operations in Memphis on Sept. 29, agents from the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Marshals Service have made hundreds of arrests and conducted more than 2,800 traffic stops, federal officials said.
Illinois senators denied entry to ICE building
Illinois Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth said Friday they were denied access to Congress. ICE facility Located in Broadview, Illinois scene of conflict between protesters and federal employees.
“It’s appalling that two U.S. senators are not allowed to visit this facility,” Duckworth said. “What are you scared of?”
The senators said Congress has oversight authority.
“There’s something going on there that they don’t want us to see,” Durbin said. “I don’t know what that is.”
Illinois judge blocks military deployment
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the deployment of troops to Chicago for at least two weeks. The Justice Department filed an appeal the next day.
U.S. District Judge April Perry in Chicago said the Trump administration violated the 10th Amendment, which gives states certain powers, and the 14th Amendment, which guarantees due process and equal protection, when it ordered the National Guard to the city.
In a written order Friday explaining his rationale, Perry noted the public’s longstanding aversion to military involvement in domestic law enforcement.
“Even the Founding Fathers, the most ardent supporters of a strong federal government” — Alexander Hamilton — “did not believe that the militia of one state could be sent into another state for the purpose of political retaliation,” Perry wrote.
Hamilton called the idea “ridiculous.”
“The court confirmed what we all know: There is no credible evidence of insurrection in Illinois. And there is no place for the National Guard on the streets of American cities like Chicago,” said Gov. JB Pritzker.
Oregon judge also blocks President Trump’s effort
New legal battle in Oregon I was late early Similar troops will be deployed to Portland. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in the case Thursday.
Lieutenant Colonel Theresa Meadows, a spokeswoman for U.S. Northern Command, said the troops deployed to Portland and Chicago “are not conducting any operational activity at this time.”
Troops patrolling Chicago suburbs
500 Guard members from Texas and Illinois arrived this week The 60-day operation began at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Elwood, southwest of Chicago.
They began patrolling behind a mobile fence outside the ICE Broadview facility Thursday morning.
A federal judge late Thursday ordered ICE to remove another judgment. 8 feet (2.4 meters) high fence outside the Broadview facility after the village of Broadview said it had illegally blocked a public road.
Also Thursday, another federal judge in Illinois temporarily ordered federal employees to wear badges and banned them from wearing them. Use of certain riot control weapons against peaceful protesters and journalists outside an ICE facility about 12 miles (19 kilometers) west of Chicago.
In Chicago, federal prosecutors last Saturday obtained a grand jury indictment against a woman and a man accused of using their cars to strike and box a Border Patrol agent’s vehicle.
agent He got out of the car and fired five shots. Marimar Martinez, 30, was treated at a hospital. The indictment filed Thursday formally charges him with assaulting a federal officer with a vehicle and a dangerous weapon. Anthony Lewis, 21, was also charged.
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Associated Press reporters from around the country, including Adrian Sainz in Memphis, Tennessee, contributed. Claire Rush, Portland, Oregon. Sophia Tareen and Christine Fernando of Chicago; Josh Bork and Konstantin Tropin (Washington, DC)
