US EditionRepublicans in Congress Are Eager for Trump to Expand His Use of the Military on US Soil
President Trump deploys National Guard troops to multiple cities, backed by Republicans, despite legal challenges and a near 150-year-old law limiting military domestic law enforcement.
- President Donald Trump is implementing his vision of the military as an all-powerful tool for domestic policy, with plans to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago, Baltimore and New Orleans, cheered by Republicans in Congress.
- With 81% of Americans seeing crime as a major problem, Republicans have in recent years found political success focusing on crime, while early leaders of the Republic feared presidential control of the military and scholars note increased federal control of the National Guard.
- A federal judge ruled last week the administration willfully broke the Posse Comitatus Act, while U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer warned officials plan more Guard deployments and military aircraft aid immigration enforcement.
- Senators welcomed National Guard deployments, with Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Louisiana lawmakers urging troops in New Orleans, supported by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., as helpful for high-crime, Democrat-run cities.
- Experts on the military and civil liberties warn this shift remakes the military's role as presidential control over the National Guard grows, altering its use beyond disasters and overwhelming unrest, impacting the American public and state governors.
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Republican lawmakers eager for Trump to expand military use on US soil
As Trump has dramatically stepped up his use of military force for his policy goals, fellow Republicans in Congress have done little but cheer him on.
·Vienna, United States
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Republicans in Congress are eager for Trump to expand his use of the military on U.S. soil
National Guard troops patrolling the streets of U.S. cities. Weapons of war deployed against international gangs suspected of drug trafficking. Military bases and resources redirected to mass immigration enforcement operations.
·Canada
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