National Guard, Trump and San Francisco
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President Trump keeps threatening to send National Guard troops to San Francisco, calling it crime-ridden and claiming residents want federal help
The U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem on Monday said ICE agents will be coming to San Francisco under the direction of President Trump. This comes as the president continues to threaten the deployment of the National Guard to the city.
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San Francisco mayor rejects Trump's National Guard deployment plan over drug dealer arrest authority
Mayor Daniel Lurie said the National Guard cannot arrest drug dealers and opposed President Donald Trump's deployment plan for San Francisco crime crackdown.
President Trump on Sunday said he would be sending the National Guard to San Francisco to make it "great again."
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Trump says government will send National Guard troops to San Francisco
On Sunday, President Donald Trump again threatened to send National Guard troops to San Francisco, and says he may invoke the Insurrection Act to do it.
President Donald Trump over the weekend made the most direct statements yet about his plans to send National Guard troops to San Francisco.
The group is made up of representatives from the city attorney and "other affected department heads," Lurie explained, and he said the group meets regularly to coordinate a policy response.
KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco on MSN
City attorney poised to sue Trump if National Guard is sent to San Francisco
In an interview on the FOX News show "Sunday Morning Futures," Trump spoke about his deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago, and suggested that San Francisco might be next. The president added he may invoke the Insurrection Act to do it.
San Francisco's Mayor Lurie rejects National Guard as fentanyl crisis solution, focusing on local law enforcement efforts.
C alifornia officials said they would immediately sue to block the White House from sending the military to San Francisco after President Donald Trump claimed "unquestioned power" to send in the National Guard after announcing a campaign last month to punish liberal cities with military might.