U.S. President Donald Trump says his administration is withdrawing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland. Trump started deploying troops in June amid protests against his hardline immigration policies including efforts to ramp up deportations.
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00:00US President Donald Trump says his administration is withdrawing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland.
00:08Trump started deploying troops in June amid protests against his hardline immigration policies, including efforts to ramp up deportations.
00:15Local leaders and Democrats say the deployments, which have faced legal setbacks and challenges, were unnecessary.
00:21In a post on Truth Social, Trump says the federal forces will come back if crime rates were to go up again.
00:26Several courts have consistently ruled that the Trump administration overstepped its authority and found that there is no evidence to support claims that troops are necessary to protect federal property from protesters.
00:36The US Supreme Court said the president's authority to take federal control of National Guard troops likely only applies in exceptional circumstances.
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