US EditionTrump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act in Portland
Trump plans troop deployments under the Insurrection Act despite legal challenges and opposition; Chicago homicides dropped 31% this year, officials said.
- On Oct. 6, President Donald Trump signaled he might invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, and Chicago, Illinois, and as of Tuesday he has ordered troops to those cities and others.
- Local and state officials say the federalization exceeded authority and have sued to stop it, while President Donald Trump framed deployments as measures to protect federal property and ICE facilities.
- The Insurrection Act has been used only about 30 times, last during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, with Professor Daniel Rodriguez noting 'there are two scenarios...' and Trump stating 'We want safe cities.'
- On Monday, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed suit to block troop federalization, and a federal judge's temporary order blocking at least one deployment remains in effect until Oct. 18 as the Trump administration appeals.
- The proposed invocation would centralize federal authority and prompt constitutional scrutiny, with legal scholars and civil liberties advocates warning of risks while Illinois Governor JB Pritzker called it a `military-style invasion` and Chicago crime statistics show homicides down 31% to 278 through August.
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