Administration plans have included drawing up deployments of National Guard or federal forces to Chicago, with the president saying he may expand Washington, DC security operations to other cities including Chicago and Baltimore. Democratic leaders warn that the president lacks constitutional authority to deploy US troops for policing in Chicago because policing power resides with the states. Pentagon planning for a possible troop deployment in Chicago has been underway for weeks. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker rejected the proposal, accusing the president of manufacturing a crisis, politicizing service members, and abusing power to distract from economic pain facing working families. Chicago and Baltimore have recently seen declines in violent crime and homicides.
Democratic leaders in the United States are warning that President Donald Trump does not have the authority to deploy US troops to Chicago amid reports of administration plans to send National Guard soldiers to the Midwestern city. Trump, a Republican, has said he would likely expand the deployment of federal forces to oversee policing in Washington, DC, to other cities, including Chicago. On Sunday, he also suggested the possibility of sending troops to Democratic-run Baltimore in Maryland.
There's no basis, no authority for Donald Trump to potentially try to drop federal troops into the city of Chicago, Jeffries told CNN. The US Constitution gives the power of policing to the states. The Washington Post reported on Saturday that the Pentagon has been drawing up plans for a potential troop deployment in Chicago for weeks. JB Pritzker, the Democratic governor of Illinois, where Chicago is located, was quick to reject the push.
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