President Trump has expanded his campaign to intervene in U.S. cities to combat what he says is out of control crime and illegal immigration to Memphis, Tennessee.
Trump announced Memphis would be the next target for a federal law enforcement push.
“Memphis is that’s the next city, deeply troubled,” Trump said, “We’re going to fix that, just like we did Washington.”
After placing D.C.’s police department under federal control, Trump had threatened he would take similar actions in other cities. He has the ability to do so in the nation’s capital, because the Home Rule Act gives him command of D.C.’s National Guard. However, the president’s ability to intervene in other cities is limited since governors control the deployment of National Guard troops in their states.
Trump added that Tennessee’s Republican governor Bill Lee was supportive of the decision.
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