The Washington DC National Guard extended its active service to remain in the US capital actively until November 30, in the midst of a new demand from the city against the president’s administration, Donald Trump, for the military deployment that began on August 11.
“Our mission is not over,” said Brigade General Leland D. Blanchard, commander of the Washington National Guard, this Thursday in a video broadcast on his X account, announcing that the military camp will be extended in the capital.
The announcement arrived after the Secretary of the Army, Dan Driscoll, signed the plan that will allow 950 members of the Guard to remain active in the capital, together with the other 1,300 soldiers deployed from other republican states such as Louisiana, Missisipi, Ohio and Virginia, who supported Trump’s measure to militarize the city under the justification of an alleged “out of control”.
The military measure is confirmed on the same day as the attorney general of the District of Columbia, Brian Schwalb, denounced the Trump administration and urged the DC District Court to declare that the President’s decision as “unconstitutional and against federal law.”
On August 11, Trump took control of the safety of Washington DC, for 30 days, protecting himself in the law that allows the city’s authority to intervene justifying that there is an “emergency” due to high crime, despite the fact that the homicide figures of the Local Police are the lowest of the last three decades.
This week, Trump expressed his desire to extend militarization to other cities governed by Democrats such as Chicago, New Orleans or Baltimore, ignoring the rejection of mayors and governors of these localities.
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Trump also maintains a pulse with the state of California for the deployment of 4,300 Californian soldiers last June, which represented the first time in 60 years that the US Executive took control of the troops of a state without the consent of the governor.
Last Tuesday a federal judge ruled that the deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles was illegal, but Trump’s government hastened to appeal the ruling.
With EFE information.
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